Debbie Route Summertime Saga -

Summers stick to her like a second skin. She collects them not as memories but as bookmarks: a particular night when the jukebox finally played the right song, a roadside picnic where someone told the truth, the cool kiss under the bridge that made a future seem possible for a week. She keeps those moments tidy and close, because the rest of the year asks for attention in smaller, harder increments.