Shadows Short

grey is winter, shadows short
spring a sprinter, time to court
summer slammer, don't leave yet
fall's a bummer, cold and wet

milestones aggregate and pass
parties, cost per plate and class
frothy markets, trophy wives
glossy pamphlets, bossy lives

health scares, losses and regret
fall's a bummer, cold and wet
old age barges in, well met
summer slammer, don't leave yet

Author notes: Arthur Goikhman // alliteration and inner rhymes as well as end rhymes are used throughout. S1L2, L3  Spring a Sprinter and Summer Slummer winer/sprinter/slammer/bummer are rhymed mid-line in the S1 S2 inner rhymes or near-rhymes in forthy/trophy and glossy/bossy two lines from the first stanza repeat (but in different order) in the S3