This crisp Autumn morning
Came without warning
Well so long Summertime
You were truly sublime
New season is dawning
That is less warming
So farewell Summertime
I will miss your sunshine
Please do hurry back here
And come back next year
Now goodbye Summertime
We will see you next time
Cold rain in July
So cool and so clean
It makes you ask why
Or what it can mean
When things go so wrong
Yet still they go right
Like a sweet love song
On a lonely night
Affairs of the heart
Affairs of the soul
They tear us apart
And make us back whole
Like liquor and love
So bad and so good
These gifts from above
Don’t work like they should
These things that life brings
They make me ask why
We get such strange things
As rain in July
The day is so hot
Your mind and body swealter
A cool breeze blows in
One layer, two, three, even more,
These you will need when you venture outdoors.
Better wrap up, July is here,
Dark rain clouds abound at this time of year.
Wait, what is this? Is that the sun?
We’ll wear rain coats and shorts before we’re done.
A Poem for
Daniel Amatiello 