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What Summer Said

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Sep 03, 2022

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scenery of a grassfield during sunset
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When we were young, the summer said,
“Don’t think of winter days ahead,
But make some memories to charm
A winter world no longer warm.”

Now that the days are short and cold
And you’re no longer here to hold,
I think of summer days with you
And know what summer said was true.

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Michael Lind is the author of more than a dozen books of history, political analysis, fiction, and poetry. A co-founder of New America, he has worked for The New Yorker, Harper's, and Tablet and taught at Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and UT-Austin.

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