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Poetry: Childhood

Our days were free, there was no school

We spent hours at the pool

We didn't go to bed til ten

June was full of promise then

In July we visited the lake

Mosquito bites would make us ache

We still had fun, the month was new

There was nothing now to make us blue

August came with its dire heat

Corn was ripening yellow and sweet

We ignored those back to school displays

And continued in our carefree ways

But before the sun tan left our skin

School was about to begin again

The lazy, hazy days were great

Now its back to bed at eight

Back to books and study nights

No more outdoor water fights

Summer's now a fading past

I knew those fun days couldn't last

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