a day in june

A day In June

He sat on the milk ramp waiting for the noon bus
taking him to the village, to pick up a pair of shoes
from the cobbler. It was a hot day in June, he got
drowsy, had been up since five milking the cows;
fell asleep didn’t wake up before the bus returned;
it was then after three.

He had been dreaming of the sea, wanted to be
captain, one day, even though he was near sighted.
“I’ll go to the tomorrow,” his mother said, gave him
a glass of milk, and two big slices of bread with
blueberry jam on; later, as shadows deepened, he
ran to the outer field to get the cows home