No Other Month Like August

The county fairs, the corn on a cob, the state fairs. The Tilt-a-Whirls, lights flashing, wonderful in the morning, but a sheer delight at night. Family reunions with everything melting Children taking advantage of those last few days of summer. Parents letting them stay up late, becoming heroes for it. August, the month that seals up June and July The month that begins the back to school march Red white and blue begin disappearing from shelves Replaced by spiral notebooks for a mere seventeen cents. Children are trying to hang on to their flip flops, But their mothers are insisting they try on "school shoes." August. Nothing like her. No other month compares to her duties, and unique readiness to get rid of the other months and settle down to school.