Through windows shine rays causing folk to prepare <br />For some time in a place where all walks take the air. <br />On a day such as this they consign their despair <br />To a place far away, to a dark murky lair. <br />Kids wear ice cream on their clothes and in hair, <br />A besotted pair stroll as though none were there. <br />At free spirit girls stifled man dares to stare, <br />Stern wife catches on and replies with a glare. <br />Proud parents dote over their wide eyed young heir <br />Who gurgles indifference from shaded pushchair. <br />Macho young bucks to the sun fair skins bare <br />Then later withdraw them and try to repair <br />The burning discomfort of solar nightmare. <br />Through stages of tanning those wiser compare. <br />Sons catch wild creatures for daughters to scare, <br />Senior citizens sedately aware <br />Of benefits gained from this weather so rare. <br />Community cross section gather to share <br />Stellar benevolence and climate fair. <br />Idyllic time without any care.<br /><br />Esra Sloblock<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/one-day-of-summer/
