Mementos of a Summer Day

Escort
           your lady friend
Gather
           your kids. This
Is an family friendly
Event;
           of a life time.
Arrive early
           to secure good seating.
Up front is where you want to be.
Pack a picnic
           basket with cold sandwiches, coleslaw and iced
tea. Save
room for the barbecue

that will come later.
Lay out on your blanket.
Pose
for the photograph.
Grin.

Capture
personal mementos.
Indicators that you were here.
Pieces of a torn shirt.
A finger.
An ear.

           Put
it in a jar.
Seal
it.
           Pack
it in your pocket.

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