<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><b>“The Summer’s End</b>” by Pat A. Fleming</div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The familiar rhythm of the cricket's chirps<br>Create the soundtrack for each day,<br>Echoing Summer's end<br>And that Autumn's on her way.<br><br>The stifling heat of the summer sun<br>Is now tempered by the clouds.<br>Those fluffy, cotton August clouds,<br>That soft breezes push about.<br><br>Shadows falling everywhere<br>As the sun plays peek-a-boo.<br>Losing her strength with each new day,<br>A sure sign that Summer is through.<br><br>As the lazy, care-free summer days,<br>Reluctantly draw to an end.<br>Excitement grows for what's ahead,<br>As school days and the Fall begin.<br><br>And no matter how the years may pass,<br>And how old I come to be,<br>I'll always love this time of year,<br>As it holds such fond memories<br><br>Of sitting with my childhood friends,<br>Recalling all our fun<br>While running, swimming and riding bikes<br>Beneath the summer sun.<br><br>And sharing all our hopes and dreams<br>As the future stirs us on.<br>Knowing as we sit on that late, August eve,<br>Summer's ending, but her memory lives on.<br><br>But there's also a haunting sadness sometimes<br>That I feel when those dark shadows fall.<br>And that my greatest adventures in life<br>Are just memories, now aroused by those sweet cricket calls.<br><br></span></div><div>———————————————</div><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>