fallinsummer

I tell you, it feels like the end of October, not the end of July. It's not just the weather, although it has been cloudy, cool, and I've even noticed leaves wafting down from trees. It's that it feels cloudy and cool and the light is a bit filtered, as if through an orangey-yellow lens like it is in fall. At night I lie in bed and shiver a little, snuggling down into my blanket and curling my legs up to my belly to encourage body heat. My skin is warm, but not fooled by itself. I lie awake listening to cars drive down the 5 on streets that sound wet.