Summer in a Small Town by Linda Gregg

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When the men leave me,
they leave me in a beautiful place.
It is always late summer.
When I think of them now,
I think of the place.
And being happy alone afterwards.
This time it’s Clinton, New York.
I swim in the public pool
at six when the other people
have gone home.
The sky is gray, the air hot.
I walk back across the mown lawn
loving the smell and the houses
so completely it leaves my heart empty.

Comments

[bennybunny.livejournal.com]

Great choice.

[poppyromanov.livejournal.com]

like this. reminds me of this one: http://theysaid.livejournal.com/1894767.html

[mijeli.livejournal.com]

Lovely.

[switchercat.livejournal.com]

Linda Gregg! ♥

[mandity.livejournal.com]

Thank you! The language is very evocative indeed.