Warm October Series

Summer stored
on a low shelf - 
Warm October

Warm October day
The beach gear somehow seeming
inappropriate

Pumpkin spice latte
on a warm October day - 
Mingling seasons

Cold Sunday mornings
Daddy reading the paper - 
The open oven

Children's hospital - 
In the waiting area
the sleeping fathers

The Montauk Daisies'
discouraging company
dismissing summer's

Cabanas

Rows of cabanas
Silently watching children -
Low flying airplanes

Digging sandy holes
Watching her make friends with ease - 
Finding more shovels

The sandy walkway
past the opened cabanas - 
Colored plastic cups

The cabana's court
Children playing baseball
Spraying sand

Summer's last chapter - 
Nightfall's heavy company
entering early. 

The closed carnival
Truck by truck - the empty train
station parking lot.

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Procession of trucks - 
The sleeping carnival rides
folded on their backs.