Oh Lovely Summer

Slushy watered down drinks swelter on once icy cold glasses

Summer breezes wisp woodsy scents through backyard football follies

Plump-bodied June bugs buzz furiously around hot shiny light blubs

Hushed lullabies cradle babies in color-coordinated layettes

Cotton tees and sandals hang light and loose off sun-kissed tanned skin

Puppies woof and scamper when car doors slam and voices beckon

Birds chirp busily building what winter will soon cast away

Rows of yellow corn salute the sun like nature's valiant soldiers

Lovers twine in crisp cotton sheets on Saturday mornings

Lemonade kisses and moonlit strolls to nowhere

Flavored popsicle juice stain children's chubby cheeks

Warm rain rainbows dance freely on dusty puddled streets

Lazy rockers creek on sunlit porches

Hopes drifts lightly on butterfly wings

Memories beget another summer