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summer is a skeleton

as sweet and auburn as the fall leaves


she sleeps beneath your skin

clinging to the oxygen in your blood


she leaves kisses on your doorstep

seeps into the petals of winter pansies

makes them glow yellow like infant suns


winter comes - her body swallowing the sky

unfurling along your window sills


the first snow feels like forever

like innocence that will last


she leaves her fingers on your porch

fragile veins of ice that grow stronger each day

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