sweetened rum slides past my tongue
tastes like pieces of the sun

sitting under my blue umbrella
chlorine water and citronella

frogs cicadas fireflies
long sunset and late moonrise

raspberries and mint green tea
the smell of thunder and the sea

sweating through my short sundress
makeup melted, hair a mess

from my speakers, reggae songs
life is good when days are long

island's august, slant of light
changing shadows into night

come the dark, a cooler breeze
harvest's herald, autumn's tease




/10 minutes, sorry about clunky rhymes!