On November 1st, the skies opened up and the rain fell to the earth as it never had before.
On December 1st, the sun rose slowly in a golden haze, sunrays bouncing off the frozen grass as though it were a field of gems, empire cut all.
On January 1st, the sky was a crystalline blue: pure of color, void of clouds. After sunset, you could see the stars clear as day, twinkling, there, just barely out of reach.
On February 1st, it snowed.
On March 1st, the pidgeons started from the sound of a thunderclap that rang out suddenly, echoing across the sunny sky from the pile of heavy, black clouds that had been lingering near the horizon all morning.
On April 1st, the cherries blossomed and it rained pollen all over the sidewalks.
On May 1st, the last of the snows melted and I put away my heavy, sodden boots for good, for the last time.
On June 1st, the squirrels played chase on the grassy lawn at high noon. The sun had snuck up, early, in a pile of pink cotton, and by midday it was lingering, large, directly overhead, relentless.
On July 1st, the rain began at dawn; at dusk it continued.
On August 1st, the crickets woke earlier than usual, to chirp in the red light of the bloodiest dawn I've ever seen.
On September 1st, Hurricane George had us all huddling in our houses or sorting last minute laundry at the laundromat, preparing for the end of times, one dirty sock at a time.
On October 1st, the phone never rang and I knew, finally, and for certain, that you and I had never not really ever existed.
On November 2nd, the last ice cap melted and we *all* died, anyway.
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