The moon grows full tomorrow at the penultimate degree of the zodiac to herald the coming equinox. Night grows longer.
Persephone is damn tired and ill-tempered. She’s leaving early, ready to shrug off the birthing work of the field. The Goddess casts down her seeds, takes up her torch, and returns underground into welcome darkness. Comes the cusp of the fallow season.
Tomatoes gathered and stacked on the table before the rain forecast finally arrives to split their skins. Squash and feathers. Clusters of dusky grapes. Rain came, crowned by thunder, fast and fierce and flooded the street.
A cusp is a pointed end where two curves meet. Such a cusp is seen in the pointed ends of a crescent moon, the lip of yet another precipice, molting away one cracked skin for another.
Kim K. McCrea 
Any mention of Persephone makes me smile, even if she is tired of growing.
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Such a cool word, cusp. Makes me think of a nothing town up here in northeastern Washington called Twisp. Throw in an asp while you’re at it.
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I crested a mountain heading east this evening and that big fat moon sat just above the roadway. A stunner. I couldn’t tell it wasn’t full.
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She was glorious last night, will be completely full in just over an hour
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Here’s to Wednesday. And, the burst of summer’s final life breath. The fruit of my tomato vines (aka the tomcats) are already splitting. Sad to see them retire. Glad for their hard work. And, glad you make and share.
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