Venus, Mars, and Polar Bears

Last CD he gave me,
Christmas carols,
blaring into 99 degree heat through open windows

Summer Solstice over,
the longest day,
and that scrap in the road didn't blow a tire
"because it's just too hot for a flat"

Not too hot for Ave Maria,
or a polar bear charm against the skin
Perhaps, between the two,
enough to keep going

Venus and Mars hang low in the sky,
heavy enough to see naked
Love and war the closest to Earth,
as if the symmetry wasn't heavy-handed enough

Like living with the two
going hand in hand isn't every day,
for everyone

Find a way to keep going-
Carols to blockade the summer,
polar bears as companions,
Venus and Mars close enough to kiss

Whatever symmetry gives sense to this night
is the one to cling to

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