And sweaty petite feet, sock-less and shod in white canvassed sneakers.
Left on during the thrill,
For fear that the biology of stinky feet would derail the biology of smearing groins.
At that age, urgency supersedes a lot of details.
Ahhhhhh, summer!
Ice cream cones and cotton candy.
Holes in one.
Mattie T-Rex’s fatal flaw:
He couldn’t reach the clubs,
As his arms were too short.
He never played a game of golf,
Or swung a bat in the batting cages.
He just stood watch.
The Guardian of Saugus.
One time we saw a pink hat on his orange crown.
It was slightly askew.
It’s good to know that Mattie T-Rex still stands for freedom.
And he still parties like it’s 1999.
Weylu’s gone.
Hilltop gone.
Mattie T-Rex,
Still dreaming of a birdie on the ninth hole.
A very special thanks to Jeff M, who knows the true meaning inspired by such a mischievous title. Also, a shout out to Eva V, for having long enough arms to push me into where I needed to be.
40/40: Summer Poem Slam-a-bam is a project in which people have joined me for 40 days and 40 nights of on-demand poetry. They have submitted the concepts, ideas, and subjects; I’ve done the work.
Welcome to my effort. Yes, as a great procrastinator, it requires great effort to stay focused on something productive that matters to me. I’ll find any old excuse to traipse from project to project, and I rarely end up at the place I started. I find this maddening, and exhaustive. So it is with high hopes, and a greater grasp of self-awareness, that I embark upon staying the course so to speak.
I enjoy writing. Be it blogs, fiction, poetry, etc. I love the craft and the act of creation, the art in and of itself, for it’s own sake and end. I am happy to be able to do it.
Some stats:
Born: March 1974
Education:
St.Francis de Sales, Charlestown MA
Don Bosco Technical High School, Boston MA
University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Lowell MA
Bunker Hill Community College, Charlestown MA
DePaul University, Chicago, IL
North Virginia Community College, Arlington VA
Harvard Extension School, Cambridge MA
Place of residence: Somewhere in the land of metro Boston. It’s vaguely familiar and becoming home more and more by the day, but when you come from “The Town” all else fails by comparison.
Favorite Color: I’m partial to all forms of blue.
Favorite Author: c’mon! don’t expect me to answer that, there are too many.
I enjoy memories of playing 80’s Atari better than playing any advanced gaming system that exists today.
Some day:
Hope to be recognized for my paper clip collection. As well as my 27 rejected applications to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailiey Clown college.
View all posts by Christopher Hickey
One thought on “40/40: Summer Poem Slam-a-bam! – Day 39 – “The Torrid Tale of Mattie T-Rex””