Summer

Summer is warm days and nights

Sun beating down

Making cicadas buzz

And your soda sweat

Summer is good food

Barbecue smoke and checkered picnic blankets

Ice cream dripping stickiness down your chin

And lemonade pitchers with clicking ice

Summer is different places

Road trips down highways that go on forever

Burn-your-feet sand on beaches

And tents in the green woods

Summer is being with family

In the back yard playing ball

Marco-Polo in the ice cold pool

And taking a long hike with the dog

Summer is making memories

Tanning brown by the water

Gooey s'mores by the fire pit

And sweating buckets as soon as you step outside.