his ears shone redly in the setting of the sun
his puff of hair an orange, a halo of light
and the earthworms drowsed in a rusty can
at his feet, toes splayed and warmly pink
if only there’d been another minute
one more hour to append the day
a breath stolen beneath the moon
grasshoppers made their ruckus in the tall grass
stroking limbs to their wings like tiny violins
water shimmered with the scales of spotted bass
the line’s arc and plish was his blithesome song
if only there’d been another minute
one more hour to append the day
a breath stolen beneath the moon
and so everything breathed, full of bliss and love
in this treasured moment, my memory of him
we stared into the carefree summer clouds above
before they trammeled the horizon into sepulchral night
if only there’d been another minute
one more hour to append the day
a breath stolen beneath the moon
for our shine to outlast a little while
by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2021
unbolt me 
Beautiful imagery of a moment in time. 🌅 🎣 🪱
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Thank you so much! 😊
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You’re welcome. 🙂
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I love this! Takes me back to my childhood…
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So glad you enjoyed this. Thanks so much for reading! 😄
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All my pleasure! 😊
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I have to admit the first few lines were spooky until it got layered down and was blown away with this word “sepulchral night” that had to browse to know its meaning. Pardon my ignorance Dostoevsky will be truly happy. 🙂
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I think we’re all a bit ignorant of something, my friend. There’s a heck of a lot of stuff I don’t know either, but that’s okay. It just means more cool stuff for me to learn. Learning’s fun! 😄
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Than how about a combine study? 😉
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Sounds like fun to me! Let’s do it! 😉
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Count me in, I am all yours 🙂
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WOOHOO! 🎈✨✌
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