Summertime

Summertime-
The softest taste
of peaches,
basking in the summer sun,
lemonade and the Lazy days-
the heat won't stay away.

Stuffing into bathing suits
made smaller by
the winter-time blue.

Legs like sausages,
stomach rolls haplessly
like a donut loose and
powdery.

Sundresses and Strappy sandles
as the children build
sandcastles.

Life in the 90 degree weather,
is hot and sticky
brings dreams of
colder cooler weather.

Sunblock lotion
and lots of anti-depressant.
Hair is frizzy and lips sunburn,
for real, and yesterday's tan?

It is chipping away,
all the years, flaking and peeling
back yesterday.

Summer is the time
for dark-sunglasses,
and lost love, love the color of molasses-
sugary sweet-sex on repeat.

No worries, No cares-
Summer blows in on a kite,
and then leaves during
Autumn's longest night.