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Into the World
Clouds break
The
Summer’s
Back.
Three of the five words here are nebulous; the two readings they
permit give diametrically opposed meanings. In the first case,
summer begins, heralded by holes in the overcast sky: “break” is
intransitive, and the apostrophe represents elision. In the second,
summer ends, crushed by heavy storms: “break” is transitive, and
the apostrophe is possessive. Thus the words apply to both estival
termini.
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