Ahhh, summertime Azana W. 21

Azana W. ’21

Ahhh, summertime

the sounds of screaming children and the blazing summer sun streaming through my blinds awaken me from my sleep. i go downstairs and greet everyone with a good mor’n the smell of hot coals fill the air music blasts through the neighborhood welcoming anyone i look out the door to see my neighbor washing cars the water from the hose flowing into the drain

Ahhh, summertime!

i hop in the truck rolling the windows all the way down it’s something about that summer air that flows through my afro when my head hangs out the window squeegee boys on every corner sweat dripping off their foreheads another corner

boys selling their drinks how much? a dolla what chu want? snaps me out of my thought grape soda the water drips off the bottle onto my legs and hands i snap open the drink quenching my thirst

Ahhh, summertime!

i’m gon get some crabs brammppp brampp the sound of dirt bikes interrupting the sentence they zoom past us catching everyone’s attention their golds shining in the light accompanied with a smile blinding anyone looking i want me a pink one i thought

Ahhh, summertime!

streetlights brighten up the dark sky the hot smell of Old Bay fills the car my skin salty from the sweltering sun earlier my eyelids heavy

each pothole on the road wakes me up people shooting up celebrating somthin’ helicopters in the air shine on the streets they quick today finally home i snatch a quick sip of my mom’s Coke as she cracks open crabs

Ahhh, summertime! A sweet ol’ friend

Azana W. ’21

M H S 1300 E. N P . B , MD 21239