No murmur leaving
sun-baked cracker lips
we walk,
potato chip grass paths,
chocolate dust
coating free toes,
Frying pan afternoon,
air greasy
of simmering hamburgers
leaving film on
lemonade-flavored arms
and over-heated cherry noses.
This piece has been published in Teen Ink’s monthly print magazine.
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