Summer Day

By Sincere Buddington

In my room on my chair with my LED lights on purple A/C blasting filling the room with cool air The sun’s bright light from the window blinding me My headphones so loud. It’s all Alfred “Shoot!” “Pass the ball!” I can’t hear my mom calling me And the only thing I’m looking at is my TV focusing on 2K After hours of playing I get dressed and go outside The bus taking its sweet time getting to me I just called an Uber $14.35 down the drain A quick 10-minute ride to Bronx River I get to the courts and pull out my basketball My friends are already there waiting for me We play about seven games and are exhausted Now at the store we start grabbing snacks and juice And go upstairs to my friend’s house Watching YouTube and eating our food We finish and start playing the game We make a tournament and I end up winning After I win I check the time And me and my friend Alfred take the same bus home “Yo Fredo our bus comes in 10 minutes and it’s 10 o’clock” We say bye and leave I get home and take a shower then go to sleep Then wake up and do it again. In my room on my bed with my LED lights on purple The radiator filling my room with heat Then I get dressed to leave my house But the next six hours are a blur I get out of school and get on the bus I go to my friend’s house to chill before I go home After a while I go home before it gets too late When I get home I lay down and go to sleep I wake up again Like it was all a game.

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