<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=545108" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>An Overcast Day in June</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Speeding along the highway<br>There's suddenly a bright <br>Explosion; unruly color<br>That calls to you from the passing blur: <br>The unexpected purple house<br>It's almost gone before you see it-<br>As if a river of lavender<br>Once flowed down that street<br>Left it's mark only on certain<br>Vulnerable things<br>One house coated on all sides<br>The house next to it seeming to sport<br>Only a single lavender door<br>I'm certain that if I could follow it closely<br>Look for the tell-tale lavender shoe tracks<br>I would note the lavender trace<br>Gradually wear thinner, house by house<br>Dwindle to a trellis or a shutter<br>Until it was just a slight stain<br>On a solitary front porch-<br>As if a child had spilled<br>His single pot of lavender <br>And had to finish his painting by number<br>With some garish dark purple<br>All the while wishing he could pour out<br>Collect, all that lavender, there preening itself<br>Under the trees, under the back lit clouds<br>As if it had been placed there precognitively<br>Years before, only to meet his need of a moment<br>On an overcast day in June.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Patti+Masterman">Patti Masterman</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=545108" data-title="An Overcast Day in June de Patti Masterman" data-description="Speeding along the highway There's suddenly a bright Explosion; unruly color That calls to you from the passing blur: The unexpected purple house It's almost gone before you see it- As if a river of lavender Once flowed down that street Left it'..."></div> </div> </div>

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