Summer Tastes Poem by Peet Thomas

Summer has a taste
I guess they all do
But summer is worth mentioning

Its not just the strawberries
Or the salt of the surf

It’s the lawn

It’s the colours
Summer isn’t coy
It doesn’t have pretense
Spring lies
And autumn pretends

You cant hold the others

It makes you squint before you see it
And makes you over dressed

It swallows shadows

It makes you hold all things up to it
Then hide them from its light

It s the point that the others were leading to
Or the place they depart

It’s the drip at the side of your mouth

It colours, smells, and embraces
And looks like the smile
God would have before talking.