posted July 04, 2010 02:24 PM         

Summer Muse

Mom is singing
Summertime
...and the living is easy
and Dad
if he's around
is at the city park ball field
cheering and shouting
and I, at eight
am absorbing
the little joys of summer
in a Utopian
Midwest suburb
along the shores
of a great lake

Sensations abound
experiences peak...

Cherry snow cones
Water logged days
Swimsuit tan lines
Catching fireflies
Tag you're it
Ghosts in the graveyard
Banana popsicles
Mosquito bitten legs
Sparklers
Watermelon
The peach man
Whirring fans
Bicycle freedom
Lake front swinging

Coping with heat
Seeking relief