summer ends.

this is it.
the end.
again.
the season is over and out.
tomorrow,
the world flips the page,
and we're off and running into a whole other 'nother chapter-
we're shaking off the last vestiges of summer...
those slim, smooth, sexy, green trappings of an earth
in the full swing of a bursting batch of being alive?
yeah.
that's over and done with.
the new hottness is all bright colors and slow deaths.
the sky gets bigger as the ceiling lifts up and away,
but the overhead projectors reveal a whole lot of empty.
word.
the circles get bigger,
as the cycles get slower.
that means fewer overlaps and more distance between them.
i think i finally get it.
building up a ballot of worthy words and warrior poetry,
and amassing an expansive and cohesive comprehensive cabal of
sentiments and statements and self-improvements is great.
no question about that neighbors.
but it all falls apart anyway.
the changes chase each other and there's no getting away from it.
i'm grateful for the summer.
i'm ready for the autumn,
and i know it's all really happening because it has to.
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i drew a picture on my friend daniel.
we tattooed it all up on his giant forearm too,
but i only snapped a shot of the marky markering part.
check the teleport:

uh-huh.
i dunno.
i also kept it activated with my other other friend todd.
yeah.
my man from the activation society.
nice to know that some duders still keep it real at the
Folk Life & Liberty Fortress. with hangs an' all.
that's a thing.
good eats and good talks and hot fiery stumps of tobacco...
i'm pretty lucky, all told and considered.
i'm grateful  for the time i have been given.
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summer is officially dead.
the funeral is being held under rainy skies,
and a candlelight vigil is in effect until midnight.
today is the last day, the last time, the worst one;
never quiet, never soft.....