One month
A capsule of freedom
When homework is over
And classrooms fade into memory
With long days
and starry nights
and ice cream whenever you want it
Trips to distant places
Swallowing too much ocean
Laughter with no prompting
Sleeping in late
A reprieve from the machine
when work takes a backseat
to hitching a ride on the childhood dream
that summer
lasts forever
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This is the first poem of my personal 30-day poetry challenge to break away from the machine to think about things that don’t matter. I have no idea what I’m doing. – Jim
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