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Sweet

By Emily Little

The evening was a candy pink  
with scattered lilac thunderheads  
flashing lightning of red wine and daisies,  
crickets weeping.  
 
Do you remember? 
Because I do. 
 
I can still smell the sweet grass.
It reminded me of green tea.
I remember your laugh  
and the fire in our touch.  
 
The blanket is still stained red 
from the strawberries we forgot.
I can still taste them from your kiss.  
 
Do you remember that summertime breeze? 
Or that divine electricity?  
Because I do. 

 

Also by Emily Little: Under Summer’s Sky 

Filed Under: 2021 Issue, Poetry

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