dave steger

 

The sun is setting on Noon Peak

Mr. L downtown still wears his winter frown
he's still freezing from the chill
that hits his stores on the bottom of shady hill

Just behind the box of windows
and the green grass shades
a bountiful melody weeps
the summer girl she sleeps

She moved into the salty green home
last November
atop Shady hill for a cheap winter thrill

Right around the thaw
I heard what Mr. L saw
and I still wonder
how the world can be so cold
and the decisions we make are never really as their told

So in boxes packed neatly, tightly- are all her things
and rings of gold, sitting impatiently, already sold.