Poetry

summer nights

summer nights
are cool like ice cubes
melting in your mouth
stars paint the roof over our heads
rewriting the world
the breeze lays low
sneaking its way
like a serpent
parting armies of ivy
nights like paintings
the nights you’ll remember

Juliet Del Fabbro
Juliet Del Fabbro, 11
Richmond, VA

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