Haibun

Drunk on Summer

Drinking the last drops

Nolcha Fox
Aug 28, 2024

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orange lilies
Photo by Channel 82 on Unsplash

The waning days of summer pretend to be the main course, not the leftovers. They pile my plate with second and third blooms of orange lilies, pink hollyhocks, purple and white columbine, and the purple dragons of lamium. “Feast, feast!” the birds tweet as they swoop and dive, a deliberate distraction from the burning bush leaves turning to fire, the maple leaves oozing into red, and the random cottonwood branches sporting yellow leaves.

The bees are drunk on pollen.
Butterflies pull them over,
make a citizen’s arrest.

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