End of Summertime

at the end of
summertime when the world is swimsuit-
achey the lonely
suntanned lifeguard

recalls and remembers how

his sunburnedbackfelt when
he rubbed the sticky
aloe and it was
summer

when the world was flushedpink-fun

the longing
young lifeguard recalls
and remembers how
the girlsallstared when he strode

up and down the grandsand-castles and tallbeach-umbrellas and

it was
summer
and
the

sandy-footed

lifeGuard recalls
and
remembers
how