Hot Summer Days-F
In a picture I saw city kids on a hot summer day
It could have been any city like New York or Chicago
Kids are having a feast of fun, laughing with worries none
The sidewalks are lined with gazers and onlookers
Smiley faced children were keeping cool in what looks to be an
open trench filled with water at an abandoned construction site
Perhaps the crew took a break from the heat, for heaven's sake
It reminds me of a different time, another place, and other faces
Like in my poor and rural hometown, it appears they too had no
neighborhood amusement nor a cool community pool in which to play
But like us, they were joyful and happy in the middle of the street
They did not feel underprivileged as they beat back the heat
Neither did we as we swung on ropes from bankside trees
and jumped into the polluted muddy waters in a country creek
Times have changed in cities and rural communities across the land
But kids everywhere in all walks of life continue to play through the heat
08242017PSContest, Hot Summer Day, Eve Roper
Copyright © Curtis Johnson | Year Posted 2017
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