"Huntington Beach, 1960"

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"Huntington Beach, 1960"
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Standing on the pier with an Abba Zabba

Leaning on the railing with a Delaware Punch

My fresh sunburn is starting to hurt

I notice girls in pedal pushers or bathing suits

I have an interest

I didn't have last year

I'll be eleven soon!

The surfers down below

With streaks of blond

In their hair, they bob

And sink on their shiny boards

Patient as they wait,

Share wisecracks, dirty jokes

Suddenly there's action

Guys shoot the pier

Where they could get scraped

To pulp by barnacles!

Old men who fish

And smoke Pall Malls

Pay no attention,

Couples smitten

Hold hands to stroll,

Tiny life guards distant

In bright red trunks

Stand in the towers below

RESCUE! A woman

Drowning saved!

A crowd gathers, disperses --

Then a teen-aged girl shrieks

When her boyfriend picks her up

Off her towel to carry her

Into the water

He stops at the shore,

They laugh: "So bitchin'!"

Their friends say!

Me, I'm a 5th grader

From Richman Elementary School

It's Sunday

Mom will watch "Perry Mason"

With her girlfriend tonight

(He never loses a case)

We might have

Chicken pot pies

Or salty spaghetti

From Giovanni's --

Tomorrow at 7:30 AM I'll walk

West on Valencia

Then past Christy Fox

Down past

Dennis Challman's house

Mrs. Olga Piirto

Is my teacher

She saw Babe Ruth play

Many times, and

If I daydream

I'll see girls in pedal pushers,

Bathing suits, like

Jeannie Skinner,

Terry Messick, Kathy Burke

Next door to my best friend

Jeff Nix on Hill Street

Right by Nicolas Junior High,

Or Donna Baker, Stanna Beasley --

This neighborhood is

Crawlin' with cute girls!

O Lord, what's the deal

With them?

Could you actually

Ride with one

Like Ronnie Apgar

In his twitchin' '49 Ford?

My goodness!

Better stick with Sandy Koufax,

Don Drysdale, Frank Howard

And Willie Davis

For the moment!

I'm not even at Nicolas yet!

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January 21, 2022