It was summer, the wind blew
It was summer, the wind blew away from me
And I stayed here thinking about a certain mountain
Things got green, then forgot
And in their forgetting, remembered everything
That was not grass or me
My son forgot he could not swim
Then emerged tall as laughter
Hidden as the lesson in a song
He forgot how to tie his shoes
Then learned how to draw a face
And tie it to a string
And run far off into the place only he could go
I chased him, but he just grew larger
For a week, he became a carpenter
Hammering filled my heart
My heart went to the hardware store
And bought all the napping spatulas
It was summer, so I let them stay up all night
Or they let me
We swung from the magnolia
Our great leaves fell
It remained our friend
Each day was that same sweet holiday
That never ended until the windows got soft
It was summer
Candles came on like televisions
That was the last time things were real