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Let's Jam

Put on some Elvis music.
Let'sjam.
Let's dance outside in the dewy grass

[ is dewy a real world?
With naked feet sloshing in the wetness.
Laugh out loud

[ not "101", but for real this time
At the neighbor's kids
Selling lemonade for $ 5 a sip

[boy, times have changed
But let's buy some anyway,
Just for the hell of it.
Put on some old clothes.
Let's play.
Let's run outside in the dewy grass

[is it still dewy out at noon?
With wetness creeping up to our knees,
Tossing a football between us

[the Nerf kind, that flies high
even if you can't throw.
Smile out loud
[can a smile ever be heard?
As we tumble down a hill,
The sun kissing the backs of our necks,
To leave a light pink memory the next day.

Let's jam.
[do you even remember how?

-Emily Vance

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