Summer Solstice

“Bend your ear down to the rail
If you think a train is coming.
You will hear a distant rumble,
Of the locomotive humming.”

“Place a penny on the track.
Lincoln’s face will get all squashed.”
Peanut butter lunchtime snack.
“Did your faces all get washed?”

Swimming at the local hole.
“Race you to the water dam!”
“Did you bring your fishing pole?”
“Looser is a big fat ham!”

Floating on an inner tube,
Fish are nibbling at the feet.
“Let’s go to the Dairy Queen,
And get us something good to eat!”

Skin stays flushed from sunburned skin,
Feet like leather from bare feet,
Playing with new friends and kin,
Summertime just can’t be beat!


by Rodney Alan Crater
Copyright ©2007 Rodney Alan Crater