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Rob Amberg

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Marshall, NC, 28753
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Pictures and Words from the Rural South. Based in Madison County, North Carolina.

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Pictures & Words

Winter Dream

June 28, 2013 Rob Amberg
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Smothered in these hot days of summer with

the humidity and

heavy air and

bugs to rival Dante.

Fretful nights of kicking off sheets and

turning pillows, trying to find the cool spot.

"Maybe we should get AC," she says.

 “I’ll just read a few more pages or

take a magic pill.”

My mind drifts back to shortened days with

their crispness and

lack of green so

you can see deep into the forests.

Cold you can taste on your skin.

Cold enough to freeze nose hairs.

The ground hard,

and slick enough to demand attention.

Wood the most pressing concern.

I think - which do I like best?

Summer? Winter?

Cold? Hot?

Or is it simply a case of wanting what I don’t have?

In summer, wanting winter.

In winter, wanting summer.

No matter.

Wishes like these are only granted in memory,

or in a photograph.

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Tags Appalachia, Cold, Hot, Madison County, North Carolina, ShatterZone, Winter, Summer
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