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How to spend your hot July --
Wake up when the air is cool and birdsong bright.
Unwind the hose and soak your plants,
The yielding moss,
The petals poised and shy,
All just rising as are you.
Or if it rained breathe deep,
Your face aslant to feel the mist,
Bare feet in water pooling after stormy nights.
Embrace your work in casual clothes of linen, cotton, colors pale.
And salads, lovely ones for lunch,
Flaked salmon, greens and hard-boiled egg.
Stay in the cool.
But if you're home and days are free,
Then do as you will and answer to none.
Lie on a raft in shade or sun,
Float or doze, read or dream.
Blanket the grass with your mother's quilt.
Iced tea, perhaps a nap, a book, your art your craft with paper paint your thoughts and words.
Or meet with friends in sleeveless blouses sandaled feet and order something good to eat.
A cake, a drink with lemon tart,
This month is one to give your heart.
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