Robert M. Simmons  

from Tracings (Poems 1964-1992)

                 The River Bank

      (Spring 1966)

Young men are drawn to the river bank

        these warm spring afternoons

to toss a disk or play football

        or to sing protest tunes,

and not to meet these shapely young girls

        in bathing suits or shorts,

who come to sun themselves, of course,

        not for music or sports.

                            © 2008 by Robert M. Simmons

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