Golden Hours of Summer
photography by escaped emotions
We named the dog Penny
in honor of the Reds winning
the pennant that September,
and because of her copper coat
polished by the still-warm sun
and the golden hours of summer,
woven like shiny threads through
a cardigan season in the making,
Labor Day's hooray of fireworks,
the last of the fearless barbecues
and one more game of street softball
where a kid or a dog could get
flattened by a circling ice cream truck,
but a home run was still a home run
and “Stand By Me” was still
the neighborhood anthem
for loyal friends of fur and flesh
until we shuffled back to school
in brooding silence......
until the teacher took away
our baseball cards and
Penny found a new home
on a farm in Kentucky.
By Lisa Lindsey
© 2012 Lisa Lindsey
(All rights reserved)
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