To the hot summer day that melted by Rae Godfredsen ‘19

To the hot summer day that melted

you and the right side of my brain. we were there for nine hours but it felt like the longest summer

and we didn’t move at all like the nine unlucky bugs that are stuck on your windshield for perhaps eternity

but i’m sure I felt light showers twisting my stomach and soft winds spinning my hair and the warmth pounding against my skin just enough to cause a head rush

but the kind you get after you eat six packs of Nerds and three donuts or stuff your face with ice cream on a record hot day so that it doesn’t melt and ruin everything.

the kind that tickles your head after your thoughts went dancing

that kind.

you were the wheel that turned my nine days into nine months and nine months into nine cozy galaxies

and then we said goodbye that awkward nine seconds where we choked so hard on the ice cream and couldn’t speak 24 Pillars of Saltso we melted and ruined everything because all seasons end.