#august posting

August: layering white cotton petticoats to spin in the cemetery sun, bike rides along the river at moonrise, secret proposals, waiting for the oscillating fan to grace you with its breeze, braiding my hair up off my neck, midday cold showers, reading Austen and Forster under an oak’s shade in the park, museum air conditioning, long walks to the bookshop with the pink ribbon of my sun hat in the breeze, the quiet of a cathedral to escape the bustle, angels in the rafters, pink lemonade in an old chipped wine glass, peaches in the picnic basket