A Summer Memory

Summer Memories of Long Ago (for Frank Herrara's Summer Memory Contest) Playing stickball in the schoolyard Roller skating with my friends Playing hide and seek Wishing vacation never ends Saturday at the movies Where you couldn't hear a word As Flash Gordon flew through space (That really was absurd!) Swimming in the ocean Waves pounding against your skin The lifeguards calling you back When the water reached your chin Ice cream was a nickel Comics were a dime Life was really simple then Another place...another time Children everywhere were safe No one locked their doors But those of us who remember this Are known as dinosaurs! Copyright(c)2006 Beatrice Boyle (All rights reserved