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[ an image from googlr edited at Picsart]

 A False Interlude

Blank pages stare with eyes bright,

All sure words circling around,

None fall to clause or fright;

Arriving right on time, daylight.

Again silvery sunrise draws to

Azure; here is another gift, day;

But the storms offer dryness new,

To season of wetness just may,

Erase all phases as if phrases,

Need doing or telling; what

Scribes should to sunset raise;

Wait for petite careme, that

Can surprise a fertile curve;

When sunny rays dry out,

What is unpredictable like,

A haven of verbs in swerve.

The blank page transgresses,

Print, words, phrases no wrong

Thoughts arriving; sure tresses

Like daylight did with birdsong.

©  gillena cox 2026

Note: The Petit Carême (or "little Lent") is a short, 2-3 week dry spell that occurs during the rainy season in Trinidad and Tobago, typically between mid-September and mid-October. It acts as a break from heavy rainfall, bringing sunny, warm weather reminiscent of an Indian Summer [info at google]

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