Summer Hits

are best grooved to
while you sit
on the front lawn
in your kiddie pool

while cars pass by
blasting them
from open windows
every ten minutes
for two seconds 
as they pass

or while the neighbor
trims hedges with a radio
on somewhere 
maybe from the kitchen
or set out on the porch
with the cord stretched
all the way from inside

while your fat ass is shaking 
in two inches of water
your bald head is bobbing
in two inches of sweat
you look like a cautionary ad
for heat stroke and the danger
of summer hits

some of which
will never be heard again
BUT

summer is best grooved to
with them
in fact summer needs them
like you need a tallboy
while you groove
sitting ridiculous and cool
in that kiddie pool
all season long