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Summer

July 27, 2013
By swimthenread27 SILVER, Brooklyn, New York
swimthenread27 SILVER, Brooklyn, New York
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Favorite Quote:
“...because a life without meaning, without drive or focus, without dreams or goals, isn't a life worth living.”


Lizzie does not want to go to sleep
but she wants to swim in the deep.
Grandma wants Eva to put on her slippers
but they contain a lot of zippers.
Anna wants to read
but Eva wants to find her bracelet bead.
Grandpa wants to cut the grass
but baba wants him to fill the car with gas.
Lizzie wants to play table tennis
but the game is endless.
Eva wants to go to the pool
but she has to do homework for school.
Grandma wants to knit
but she has to put on her cooking mitt.
Grandpa wants to watch T.V.
but Lizzie makes him chase a bee.
Anna wants to exercise
but Lizzie gives her a poem to memorize.
Eva wants to draw
but Lizzie shows her something strange and she is in awe.
We’re having a really good summer
So far nobody’s had to say, “Oh- bummer!”


The author's comments:
This poem is about how I spend my summer in New Jersey.

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