{"id":4789,"date":"2009-07-20T19:54:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-20T23:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/citizen-nancy\/2009\/07\/saratoga-summers.html"},"modified":"2017-11-08T13:04:17","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T18:04:17","slug":"saratoga-summers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/citizen-nancy\/2009\/07\/saratoga-summers\/","title":{"rendered":"Saratoga Summers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saratoga Summers
By Nancy Muldoon<\/p>\n

Endless summer days
The sweet, intoxicating smell
Of suntan lotion<\/p>\n

Ice filled glasses of Cokes
Lemonade stands during racing season<\/p>\n

The daily pilgrimages to Five Points
For bubble gum and baseball cards<\/p>\n

Front porch chats and backyard barbeque’s
My face buried in a Judy Blume book <\/p>\n

Riding my bike along the Avenue of Pines
Swimming at Peerless Pool <\/p>\n

On White Street
Awaiting the familiar and distinctive sound
of Grasso’s Italian Ice Truck<\/p>\n

True intimacy with girlhood friends
Before puberty and boys would
Come to claim and corrupt us<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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