summer lovin'

the arrival of heat
could not come any sooner
o summer with sun
and damp shirts
sticking to wet skin
with drops of beaded sweat
slowly trickling down a
back, tanned and warm
and the taste of cold
frozen water flavored by
colored crystals of sweet
sugar; o sweet, cold bliss;
and jeans transforming
to thigh length, ragged
string-ridden statements
of summer's arrival and
subsequent worship