SUMMER GOES

Russell Hoban

Summer goes, summer goes
Like the sand between my toes
When the waves go out
That's how summer pulls away,
Leaves me standing here today,
Waiting for the bus.

Summer brought, summer brought
All the frogs that I have caught
Frogging at the pond,
Hot dogs, flowers, shells and rocks,
Postcards in my postcard box -
Places far away.

Summer took, summer took
All the lessons in my book,
Blew them far away.
I forgot the things I knew -
Arithmetic and spelling, too,
Never thought about them.

Summer's gone, summer's gone -
Fall and winter coming on,
Frosty in the morning.
Here's the school bus right on time.
I'm not really sad that I'm
Going back to school.