Friday, July 1, 2011

Defining Summer

"Ode to the Sprinkler" by Gary Soto

There's no swimming pool on our street.

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Only sprinklers on lawns.

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The helicopter of water slicing our legs.

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We run through the sprinkler, water on our lips.

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Water dripping from eyelashes.

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Water like fat raindrops that fall from skinny trees when you're not looking.

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I run like a monkey in my orange swimming trunks, jumping up and down, pounding the mushy grass with my feet.


erin

1 comment:

  1. Ohh, that last picture is enough to make my heart melt! He is so handsome!! Love these pictures. They kind of make me want to try for a boy..

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