Cleve's Sonnet 07

The Swimsuit

The swimming pool was free but swimsuits were not

Cut offs were forbidden, I really don’t know why

Not just my problem, but also for friends in my lot

But we found a workable solution, my friends and I

We came up with one swimsuit, I don’t know from where

And hid it in the eaves of the changing room for boys

So that first come first serve the five of us could share

Wear and then return it so the pool the others could enjoy

That whole summer we swam, sharing a suit soaking wet

Our original benefactor I wondered who he might be

Saved the summer for the five of us, we are in his debt

And the swimsuit in the eaves lingers in my memory

And in retrospect as I think of those summer days

Not having a swimsuit, perhaps, was the better way