collage – yellow not sun

not only sun is gold

winter lichen
stands out
brightly

beetroot roads
through
a topographic range

shades
of solar breath
on wire

even
even beams
seem light

grapefruit
wait-a-while
will ripen

tomato
plum

well
take your pick

cantaloupe tells tales
of summer

but in the end
I’ll just have cake

and shine a little
before the fire

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© Frank Prem, 2017

July 2017 Poem #23: how it begins