Boys of summer...
Bats in hand;
Dusty shoes,
And dusty pants.
Warming days
Of learning plays;
Practiced stance,
Ball smacking the mitt.
Smalltown dreams
Of bigtime fame,
For now, relegated
To children's league.

The boys of summer
Dream their dreams
In the training days
Of early spring;
Tomorrow men,
Today content
To live in the moment
And swing the bat.
The joy of the boys of summer...
Joy in the boys of summer!


A.D.W.