The city swells with summer anticipation

Participation in a phenomenon

Of chanting out the spring

Rushing in the summer

People begin to emerge late nights

On Manhattan Ave.

Speaking louder than in the cold months

Making new promises

Creating new lives to be lived

All this as the winter and spring

Give

Way to a new season

Of excitement

To relish again

That warm summer air

Forget winter cold

Take off your jacket

Live without a care