Lifeguard Off Duty T-Shirt Color:Natural each one holding a little

each one holding a little heat from a summer that has already passed

every one of them honest

patient and unimpressed

and the same cheerful crisis returns on schedule

with a single ripe heirloom hanging off the vine against the red and cream stripes

Lifeguard Off Duty T-Shirt Color:Natural each one holding a littleFor gardeners who let the birdbath be the pool. A small frog in board shorts and shades has stretched out across the rim of the birdbath, life ring at his side, no one drowning, no one trying. The shield behind him says LIFEGUARD OFF DUTY in serious letters and unserious intent. The afternoon belongs to the frog now. The birds will come back when the chair is empty.