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ON OUR STREET by LOUISE GOODSON

First Line: WE ALMOST KNOW THE SEASON OF THE YEAR
Last Line: FROM NEARLY NAKED SALESMEN TEN YEARS OLD.
Subject(s): SEASONS;

We almost know the season of the year
By what the boys are doing on our street.
In fall it's always football; then we hear
Shouts and thudding of their heavy feet.

In winter it is sleds and maybe skis,
Cries of delight when someone takes a "spill".
In spring it's flying kites, and then one sees
Our boys on stilts showing each his skill.

In summer there is sure to be a stand
Where muddy-looking lemonade is sold
For only a cent a glass, we understand,
From nearly naked salesmen ten years old.



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