Mucky, hot, permeating light

Sitting static to find some reprieve

Required event it’s hard to believe

Today the day of our patriot’s blight

Silly of me to wear long sleeves

On a hot summer day I couldn’t conceive

And there a boy entered demeanor so bright

Immediately I felt self-aware

Oddly now better was his sarcastic remark

Calming my soul as the heat took its toll

All I could do was to think not to stare

Playing it cool on this day in the park

I shouldn’t have bothered, but I didn’t know

Someone else laid claim to his soul