I remember summer.

I REMEMBER SUMMER.
snk

I remember summer.
Three days in mid July.
A strange elusive icon -
burning holes in the sky.
Everyone seemed happy.
Skin was everywhere.
Touting for attention.
The hormones we would wear.
Tempers, skirts and morals -
all shorter than before.
Our tongues would drag defiantly -
across the sun-baked floor.
And nothing seemed to matter.
War's were won or lost.
Advertising revenues -
would help to fight the cost.
The taste of generations.
No blood, no sweat, no tears.
The blurred lines of reality -
would smooth away such fears.
Yes I remember summer.
Three days in mid July.
'Off our heads' on happiness,
bought on by acid high.
But highs were never high enough.
And lows were far too deep.
Our moods became oppressive -
in summers molten heat.

...as August kissed September,
I sensed your sweet decay.
Yes I remember summer,
in shades of rainy grey.

sneak