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.
Credit
Copyright © 2020 by Chasity Gunn. Used with permission of the author.
Date Published
02/01/2020