Romance Poetry posted April 6, 2023

Chapters:

...6 7 -8- 9...

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Poem 8

A chapter in the book Seasons of Change

Seasons of Love and Marriage - 2

by JLR

Seasons of Love and Marriage                  II The summer of '67 turned into a bummer, although, it seemed to start out as a hummer of a year, when I got my first wheels. She was a pretty Chevy, that had been driven pretty heavy. But, lots of elbow grease, some sweat and several cans of Dynaglaze polish made the old girl truly shiny. I met Barbara Jean one day. She was a senior at Shadle Park I was senior at John Rogers, She lived in the high brow part of town, I lived in the blue collar hood.   We were volunteering at the local hospital. She was there to do good works, I was there to meet girls. After a few lunch breaks and an occasional phone call as boys would do, I asked Barbara to go to a nearby lake to swim and hike. So, a Saturday date was set, and I packed up a basket of sweet treats and ice-cold drinks and drove across town around noon. Barbara Jean was ready to go, my eyes beamed seeing her wearing a perky blue blouse and denim shorts, and quick as lark she hopped into my Chevy. We said our standard pleasantries, I proudly turned the key to start, only to hear the starter grind and grind, and grind and grind some more. Then her dad pops out of the house hands-on hips, with a frown that I swore touched the ground, as he said, to me, "I called you a tow, and Barbara, you're not going with him in that car!" So, the moral of this story is My Chevy was a beauty, as was Barbara Jean, who after this I seldom saw. But, she will never know if she would have enjoyed a summer fling with the guy from across town.