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summer, summer

sand in sandwiches

cuckoo spit

goose bumps & goosegrass

summer, summer

nettles stinging kneecaps

b.o & beeswax

factor two hundred

summer, summer

stampeding bullocks

fat spring lambs

& another maiden over

summer, summer

a thorny rose garden

jars of picalilli

as another midgey bites

summer, summer

johnny-cum-lately

rediscovers outdoors

( where were you in january? )

summer, summer

toms in the greenhouse

blueberry skies

& lobster red gingers

wonder, wonder

will the bishop notice

your varicose veins

& leg-tat’ of him?

summer, summer

golden bales of hay

after a cloudburst

another lovely day

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