AN AUGUST DAY!

THE DAY WAS EARLY,
THE DAY WAS  COOL,
THEN THE HOT SUN CAME OUT,
AND THE COOL WAS GONE.
THE HEAT WAVE HAD BEGUN,
THE HUMMING BIRD BUZZED,
BUZZED SWIFTLY IN THE SUN.
THE DAY WAS BUSY,
IT HAD JUST BEGUN,
THE NICE DAY BECKONED ME,
TO LAY  AND READ A BOOK'
UNDER THE BIG MAPLE TREE!

~ Gerald Staples