Article: The Summer God was Nine Years Old. (Poetry).(Poem)

The Summer God Was Nine Years Old

 
   The summer God was nine years old 
   Heaven's swamp cooler broke for good. 
   His Mama was stout yet managed to scale 
   the side of their trailer, parked off a path 
   near the woods over by Gabriel's. 
   She jerry-rigged its fan to flutter 
   with the backing off her green and purple earring. 
 
   God was building insects that day 
   under the shade of the grapevines by the tree. 
   He pinched that colorful tool, 
   ran off for the quiet of his overhanging ...

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