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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