Suddenly, it's August!

How do looooong
 s  l  o  w
...lazy...
summer days
multiply so quickly?


SUDDENLY
it's August
and I'm faced with
a pile of back-to-school paperwork,
a long list of summer TO-DOs
that didn't get done,
and the dread of moving my daughter
back to school
for her second year
of COLLEGE.

Is there some way that I can
s..t..r..e..t..c..h
the next week
so that it feels more like
a month?

No?

Then I suppose I'll have to do
what I always do
and make the most of this last week
of summer break.