August.

The opposing

of peach and sugar,

and the sun inside the afternoon

like the stone in the fruit.

The ear of corn keeps

its laughter intact, yellow and firm.

 

August.

The little boys eat

brown bread and delicious moon.

 

                    - Federico Garcia Lorca    1898-1936   Spanish poet and dramatist

                       Poem from  p. 310  Earth Prayers

 

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