Steamy Summer Treats
“Ice cream, ice cream
two for a quarter”
but we were already lining up
Mr. Softee’s* song beckoned
sultry vacation days in the suburbs
no air-conditioning back then
not one neighbor had a pool
so “Slip ‘N Slide was the way to keep cool
bedtime came before summer’s sunset
but only after Dad’s nightly stories
sometimes funny, sometimes scary
he made them up as he went along
weekends were wild at the Jersey Shore
sun, sand, surf and boardwalks
but it was the family time I loved most
as I dreaded that first school bell
*Mr. Softee was an ice cream truck similar to the Good Humor man.
Entry for the “Summer” Contest
Summer in the Suburbs and at the beach
Copyright © Carolyn Devonshire | Year Posted 2012
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