Favorite Memory

Do you remember the day

a while ago in summer

we three went to the river to swim

It was shocking cold at first

But by and by

it was fine as we

clambered up boulders

submerged everywhere

Giants’ playground before cleanup

We gravitated to a huge rock

just poking above the surface

iceberg like

90% below

We clung and slipped and kicked

But what I most remember

is that we couldn’t stop

talking and laughing

It seemed hours

Now I look back and think

those were the best hours by far

and I want to find

that rock again

and the three of us