The summer swallow

Jonah

In the belly

Of a whale

Whewwwweeeeee

This summer

Has surely

Swallowed me

Whole

But

I

Am

Loving

It!!!!!

I’ve barely gotten

To my scandalous summer reads

And read

Maybe 100

Level 1 and 2 readers

Watching my son

Blow through them

With excitement

To earn prizes

From a prize arcade

Of toys

and plushies

And games

I’ve set up

3 pts (3 books, etc…)

5 pts

7 pts

10 pts

Like an arcade

(Duh)

I’ve manned a squirt gun

Many days

And thrown footballs at kids

In the pool

All morning

Struggling to get

Just a couple laps in myself

But strangely

I don’t care!

I’m kinda having fun

Just being here

With the kids

In the summer

That’s swallowed me

As I drive

From one place to another

To another

Wondering

Wasn’t summer

about doing nothing

But I have a kid

That wonders

What can I do

When he has to sit

In a car seat

On his way to camp

Or indoor skydiving

Or ice cream

So we play

21 questions

Which I usually hate

But I guess

I’ve become a softy

Or a summer mom

Just going with the flow

Letting the waves

Of summer

Just take me

Even though I’m on the move

I do feel

Like it’s because

I’m floating

In the belly of a whale

Soon to be spit out

When the figs ripen

And pomegranates begin

Back to school

But for now

I have

So many

Mom

Why are the days so short?

Left.

Relishing