This poem reminds me of many great summers back when I was younger. It reminds me of how much fun summer is supposed to be, when you’re free of school and work and not a thing can bring you down. The long, hot summer days, and warm summer nights. The line “When the purpose of knees was to be skinned” brings back so many memories of playing football outside with my cousins. We would joke around alot because I’m the only girl in the family, and I’m the youngest. My cousins would always joke about “playing rough” with me, but my cousin Chandler and I would always end up ganging up on my older cousin I.S. and we would all wrestle! That part of the poem really brought back memories.
Also, the last line of the poem when it says “Watermelons ruled.” reminds me of fun summer days with my cousins too, because we would always have watermelon; especially at our lakehouse on the 4th of July. It seems like every afternoon we would be at my pool in my backyard swimming, eating watermelon, and drinking lemonade. I really liked this poem because it brought back such great memories with my cousins.
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