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Summer somersaults of joy
Summer somersaults of joy!
Earth and sky, sky and earth –
head over heels in joy:
with the high sun we can tumble over and over
seeing one, both, the other
in brightness and in sudden shower,
in dazzling light and heady scent,
in steamy throbbing night.
Colour bursts before and in our eyes –
the very earth teems and oozes life and nectar –
intoxicating our senses and souls
into reels of ecstasy.
O happy apogee of sun,
you whose beguiling rays of light
undresses us and reveals
the desires of all
to be free,
to be me,
to be thee!
© Neil Thompson 2013