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August 3, 2012

Summer's End

With the nightly air slightly chilled

And leafs now falling to the ground

The moonlight sky with stars filled

The shrill of the woodland creatures sounds

People rushing to buy school supplies

Making ready for next days bus ride

A child’s first time running as it cries

With mother standing by wiping her tear filled eyes

We now celebrate our chosen labors

That helped us to reach life’s goals

With picnics and a variety of cooked favors

As the summer leaves slowly turn to gold

The incoming tide wiping away the earthly tears

That may have seem to come our way

Our Labor worn hands that show the years

That has guided our loved ones to these days

The last day of the Main St Block Party celebration

With friends of old and yet new ones to meet

Truly a combined and growing tribulation

Of our Gloucester and its Main Street

Peter A. Todd

Elm Street, Gloucester

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