Squeaky swings and tall grass
The longest shadows ever cast
The water’s warm and
children swim
We frolicked about in our
summer skin

I don’t recall a single care
Just greenery and humid air
Then Labor Day came and went
And we shed what was left of
our summer skin

On the night you left I came over
And we peeled the freckles from
our shoulders
Our brand new coats so flushed
and pink
And I knew your heart
I couldn’t win
Cause the season’s change
was a conduit
And we’d left our love in
our summer skin.

09.05.22