L'aura del Campo

There comes a softening (N1,N2,N3,N4)

There comes a softening...

...to ice cream treats
on Summer Sundays
(sweat from heat)
melting into blouses
splashing onto shorts,
dropping to the pavement
drip by drip
the sticky fingers licked
by the neighbor's dog.

© Kåre Enga [171.N1]

There comes a softening...

...to the neeps
when steamed or roasted,
heaped upon my plate,
completes the feast
of Sunday's Yorkshire pudding.

© Kåre Enga [171.N2]

There comes a softening...

...to politics
when two opponents
rest and chat
about their family battles,
won or lost,
and how no matter
what was planned or plotted
the war surprised
and life went on
—or not.

© Kåre Enga [171.N3]

There comes a softening...

...to rubber bands
when old and stretched
before they snap
—worn out.

and to knees
that once climbed oaks
when willed to stoop
—no longer bend.

© Kåre Enga [171.N4]

Note not sure whether ... or — is better.

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