Talk About the Summer

　
Forest River Park
with its seaside beach
its man-made sea-water
pool a place to broil
in the sun play
in a green-grass park
slide down concrete slides
climb boulders scale walls
Gallows Hill Park
with its baseball park valley
surrounded by pine
a rocky car park holds
spectators and players
red, blue and golden socks
boys playing hard
for the home-park team
Talk about the summer
when I was twelve
watching those boys
play their games while
I sat on a painted pine bench
slid down concrete slides
scaled walls in a green-grass park
broiled on a sun-drenched beach