first full days

the day
twenty-four
and slightly less the light
from
day before

new season in transition
to the next
already
as our placement of the calendar
has set

and should we move
the season’s
markings as was done
still is
else-where
or when

so that midsummer
say
is the middle of the summer
and
so around

coda

the wars
certainly are
the vastly greater issue
with
especially cessation
come to mind

and
maybe
to the table

and there’s the warming of the Earth
that’s down to us
regardless
how we count

better to have seasons
in
whatever way
that are
redemptive by our ownership

cooler
how about all and
everyone
by our strategies
and practices

c l couch


from the solstice

photo by Simon Berger on Unsplash