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<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\nby Ashley Farley<\/p>\n
The summer has ended,
\nPeppermint men with alstormeric bouquets
\nAnd lavendar women hiding it under their arms,
\nleaving the scented breeze as their ransom note.
\nthe tiny hairs creeping from the crease
\nof their underarms (that their mothers never told
\nthem to shave) reeling back in the summer
\nnever forget the face
\nWandering through empty
\ncreeks rocks and stones
\nthe souls against the padding
\nunder worn feet. Prayer for a flood
\nThat Noah never knew,
\nto watch the veins slowly fill
\nWithin the creek
\nstream through, overflowing to drown
\nout the sound of autumn\u2019s shrill
\nwinter\u2019s chill. But still smelling lavender
\nand peppermint: that september holding on as
\nThe sun dragging itself across
\nthe floor, leaving a blood-stained path against the sky.<\/p>\n
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Ashley Farley is a Rochester based poet, finishing up her senior year in The College at Brockport for her B.S. in English Literature. Ashley has been passionate about writing for most of her life, her first published piece of writing being from when she was 11 years old. She has had work published in Poppy Road Review and forthcoming in Calamus Journal, Leaves of Ink, Strange Poetry, and Amaryllis Poetry. Ashley was also the recipient of the Calvin Rich Poetry Award. She plans to continue her passion in all things English, and hopes to one day live on the beach and write children\u2019s books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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