make like a bee... (or a chipmunk)

In these dwindling days of summer,

this is the time to make like a bee.

 

 

Crawl all over summer.

 

 

Rub your face in it.

Revel and roll around in it.

 

 

Gather every last sweet drop.

 

Don't let any bit of nectar,

any ray of sun,

 go to waste.

 

 

Make like a chipmunk

and fill your cheeks with summer.

 

Stuff what's left of it

deep into the furrows

of memory.

 

When you sit

under the hungry winter moon,

you will have

 

honey and seed

 

With one small nibble,

you will feel freedom

on the tip of your tongue

and the sun

glowing softly

in your belly.