Seasons

something like an overexposed cheek
or strand of hair
maybe looking through both
with those eyes big for everything laughing at the sun
also like the things that were american
before you were: one-speed bikes
and a diana with light leaking onto a plain-faced girl
until her dress is lost in a heavy summer haze
not without the days of long linen,
big rugged boots and poison ivy
a men’s kurta and bright orange
fanny pack. Plus granola for a snack
and finally the unconventional beauty
of a conventional girl who prefers dates,
baggy sweaters, crocheted strings of hearts,
and a thousand other romantic things