June 2021
Proms and graduations are over
Eighteen-year-olds are planning their lives
Forty years ago they would be getting married
But this is not then, and they are in no rush
June prettiness of the olden days has turned into muggy August
It is ninety-degrees here, and we are still in school.
Hey wait! Don’t we get out in May?
Always before. Not this year. Thanks heaps, pandemic.
Two months until eighteen-year-olds head to college
Most are not heading to the service like fifty years ago
They are heading to the beaches, and to summer jobs
Slinging food, cleaning houses, customer service
June is the month of new beginnings.
A month of possibilities,
A month to consider choices.
Enjoy it. July will be here soon!
Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2021
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