Thank you so much to Editor Ashley Newton for publishing "Summer Vacation Memories '66" in the Seasons Issue of The Free Lit Magazine.


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Summer Vacation Memories ‘66

Bicycle card spokes fluttering with ticking thumps,

sunny afternoons under sheets as tents,

the click of go-go boots dancing on pavement

the sound of pop music adding depth and cheer

bleeping from transistor radios

the lilting ice cream truck,

the snap of freshly laundered damp sheets on clotheslines

in the summer breeze

the rumbly engine of the bookmobile

saving us from ennui,

telling tales in books we read,

transporting us to new world 

when we get bored

with the same old street

the doppler of cars passing by 

as we whiz around on roller skates

porch lights now shining, 

telling us the day is done

and the tired trudge home must begin.