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a fan of summer

September 4, 2018 by Michael Guerin

at the risk of sounding cliche
life flowed differently back then…

on hot summer days windows
would be flung open wide

inviting any stray breeze
to blow through rusted screens.

and carried on hot air
the sounds of children

playing outdoors, their screams
of anger or delight

mingled with bird calls
and barking dogs

along with the gentle rustle
of green leaves dancing

float in with each gust of wind.
but that was before cable tv

or central ac when rotary
fans wobbled atop tables

rhythmically spraying blasts
of stale air from side to side

into faces eager for any relief
while our dads chain-

smoked and played pinochle
as decks got shuffled

and cards were dealt
with our moms out of earshot,

happily seated in floral living
rooms spinning yarns

about family dramas
while taking their turns

to spill the tea amid bursts
of wild laughter

like so many passes
from that old rotary fan.

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writer, dreamer, lover, seeker. labels never reach the heart of any matter, but they might be a place to start...

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