By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall
In a better America this would be the first day of school –
Labor Day is for swimming in the creek
For a sunburn, for a catfish spine in your heel
For sandwiches and sand and ants and fun
The day after is the first day of autumn
As hot as it is, it can’t be a summer day
For now there are cedar pencils, new shoes
New notebooks in the latest ‘way-cool style
A school bus rattling down a dusty country road
Stops not at school, but at your dreams far-way
Someday
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