Summerfall

I have always visualised Summer
as that period of time
between Memorial Day and Labour Day
I put the official dates aside.
I look forward to Summer
with such great expectations
good times baking in the hot summer sun
picnics and beaches
light summer clothes and parades
fireworks and country fairs
Soft summer nights graced by
great yellow moons,fragrant
with the heady perfume of flowers
and green growing things.
Even the stars seem close enough
to touch in all their splendour
spread a blanket in a dark field
and lose yourself in the mysteries of the night sky!

Then in August comes the subtle change
imperceptibly, at first
a sense of change is in the air
back-to-school, Jerry Lewis
new fall line-up,football
we are fastly approaching
Labour Day's golden gateway
leading to the cool,crisp days of fall

9-'98