summer strolls through
my backyard
leaving peaches fall
baking in the sun
attended by fig beetle and
squirrel
overwhelming sweet fermenting scent
fills the air
a thousand pies all at once
i long
for the taste of melting
ice cream on my tongue
the coarse grains
of the vanilla bean
a car
on the freeway honks
and i pretend it’s
one of lake geese
Words and Feathers 
Mind’s pie bakes the craziest concoctions. At the very least, the beetle and squirrel didn’t end up fermenting in the peach pie! If they did, you’d end up with a Squirbeetpeach pie. Superb!
That’s going to put me off pie…
Well, you did help make that pie. 😀
My pies are squirrel free
Yes. Except for the ice cream. I prefer chocolate, without bits in it.
Just have to be different.
🙂
I can almost taste it! Love the use of senses in this one, Crow. Too cool 🙂
Thanks very much!
I like “a thousand pies all at once”. And of course your usual, slightly cynical take at the end, LOL!
I am offended, sir. I am not slightly cynical. I am wholly cynical. 😤
Hahaha, OK then! I liked your wholly, unequivocally cynical ending.
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I have to give this FIVE stars, Crow. It is wonderful! That last line about the geese is just brilliant.
Thanks. We’re lucky to live near an Audubon nature preserve so we get lots of waterfowl year round. 😊
That must be amazing! We live in the country and the street is across from a creek and greenspace. We have ducks, gulls, herons, kingfishers and loads of frogs to feed them.
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Damn! I was looking forward to a big slice of squirrel pie. It’s got this great nutty flavor like no other.
-PR
You’re nutty 🥜
Nutin more true than that! 😊
love the cleverness of the title, the sweetness of the summer treats, and the whimsical author’s note at end.
Thank you. That’s a lot of things to like in one little poem 😁
3 points is succinct enough, like any good speech your poem leaves the audience with just enough
Delicious description.
Thank you! I mean glad you enjoyed it.