Sticky Summer

by Ellery Grimm, age 13
Ellery was born and lives in DC. She shares a house with her brother and two parents. Ellery enjoys reading, writing, and listening to music.

“Heartache tunes

Sadness melodies

and the sticky popsicle

in a sticky summer”

The radio sings a song

from long ago

Painful heat

Blinding sun

through window panes

Heartache tunes

Sadness melodies

and the sticky popsicle

in a sticky summer

A sickly sweet song

from the old, old

gramophone