All Summer Long

city heat

leaky 

freezers 

gasping, 

sidewalk 

deserts

burning,

scantly 

dressed

pilgrims 

pay homage

to secluded

green spaces

city dwellers

worship

such places,

fire hydrant wars,

crushing the ice

before it thaws,

we’ve got to

cool things down

cycling the town

shirtless,

shoeless 

aimlessly

racing youth,

we’ll live forever!

I know we will!

800-meter sprints

to the ice cream van,

gobstopper thrills,

sucking until

your cheeks ached,

chewing until

your teeth break

it’s a BMX race

30 laps around 

the block with

only 5 pit stops,

water pistol fights,

calling it a night

as the streetlights

turn on, it’s the 

same day everyday

all summer long