Tuesday, July 30, 2013

HOT SUMMER NIGHTS

Hot summer nights
bring lazy times,
reclined naps
and overstuffed plates
of barbecued kabobs.

They bring freedom in fashion
with tanks and shorts,
relaxed flip flops
and makeup gone
after dip in the lake.

They bring new bliss
to the sunset,
they glorify the moon,
they bring the stars closer
to inspire dreams.

But then…
as my neighbor says:
“school is out, kids are loud
and obnoxious juveniles
terrorize the neighborhood…”

Maybe he was never young…


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