We had to do poetry for English class at school, and here was my submission. Mrs. Wolfson gave me a B...

“Summer”

When the days are long and it gets much funner.

When the Corner Confectionary is crowded with people sitting
on the street and eating two scoops, it’s really no bummer.

When the birds are chirping and they wake you up early in the morning but you don’t mind because you want to become a runner.

When there’s barbeques and the smell of charcoal in the air and you go to the beach and you’re tan and relaxed and you come home and watch “Dumb and Dumber.”

When school is a thing of the past and the future and your little brother clogs up the toilet so you have to call the plumber.

In my book, that’s called Summer.

By Becker Drane.