Today is one of those days when the past creeps into my mind. It seems to happen a lot as of the clock runs down. Today there was this slight haze in what other wise was sunny day and the pleasures of the young came to me.
Those days in South San Gabriel, summer hung about me like a sweet taste of a cold melon. Days were spent taking short trips to Garvey Park to see if anyone was up to a swim or just hanging out and enjoying the cool of the grass that the park offered. It was a time when innocence was still a virtue and although I was far away from being a "good boy" I still had no knowledge of politics, business, the nastiness of people or what was ahead. The summer heat and cool grass kept that all away from me and my friends. How easy it was to laugh, wrestle and other wise wile away the time that was given to us.
That time for me now, is that sweet melon, I did have it and do remember it.
