Back To Normal?

The calendar shows we're stuck in July,
and it's nearly September now.
Summer recess: August, the dark ship of
disappearance we don't talk about. Would I rather
be back there, with it all to come? We spill out
into autumn, uniformed up, buttoned down
wondering what went down, but what happens in
August stays unaugust, and victims of sun-stroke
never tell.