summer visitors
the children show off
marble-sized pumpkins

Mel

careless laughter
filling blue watering cans

Max

at the Picasso exhibit
a shadow
crosses the wall

Ash

fin the lake shallows
someone has dropped eyeglasses

Mel

the moonlight
wanes
on ranked hay bales

Max

a quick spinal adjustment
for the unfinished scarecrow

Ash

the last chapter
I trace letters
on your back

Mel

crumpling together
on a bed of fallen leaves

Max

not quite dawn
rushing the bin
to the curb

Ash

clack! the llama’s teeth
meet in my migraine headache

Mel

pasta al dente
golden courgette flowers
at dusk

Max

tiles swept clean
lean on the broom a moment

Ash