A Swim In the Street

When the stars blaze a halo rim around the noon-day sun it is time, time for a swim. The street lights have gone to the gym. Mr. Harry Tomdick chose the street and brought tick tocks for each heat. I wore my frilly pajamas but we forgot the gloves for our feet. We smelled the butterflies' joke about those young day crawlers who had no small heat soak from dog-paddling in the smoke. The stars are now falling on the midway Traffic lights blink pink and blue - Swim On - while sparks of ice drop from the sun's ray. Tempus fugit - forever and a day. September 7, 2021 Sponsor charles messina Contest Name Nonsense Rhyme Like the final stanza of a villanelle, this tomfoolery uses the opposite rhyme scheme of a rubaiyat - BABB.