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# sitting on a hill in august
- URL: https://www.fsm.ink/sitting-on-a-hill-in-august/
- Published: 2023-08-31T22:47:24.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-03T18:29:46.000Z
- Author: Staff
- Tags: Poetry, #Import 2026-08-03 09:59

*by Kate Gargo*

prairie grass whispers huskily this  
time of year, wildflowers slump on  
their stalks like hunchbacked grandmothers,  
heads bowed over gnarled shoulders. your fingers  
skim the fortune lines on my palm & every  
muscle trembles beneath my skin.

  
a train wails below, swallowing the shriek of crickets.  
shadows bloom like bruises beneath the  
trees, silhouettes of sedges waver in  
the loam. we are silent like animals, unmoving,  
one hoof mid-step in fear. even the crackle of  
underbrush could turn us prey.

  
we are not prepared for the looming  
autumn, nuts not yet hidden, our hides  
still freckled & summer-thin.  
the moon creeps up the sky & broods  
over us. its phases calculate our histories,  
preserve faces that will wane in memory.