Light Wednesday Poem by Barry Middleton

I dreamed the title words
it took all day to understand them
light Wednesday is how I grew up
half the businesses in town would close
on Wednesday afternoons

hasn't the world grown a bit too busy
I can remember my father
coming home at noon for a sit down lunch
the whole family gathered round
who can do that now

Wednesday afternoon
you could not find a dentist or a doctor
unless you too were at the golf course
long lunches were even tolerated
on my college road crew summer jobs

on light Wednesday afternoons
I remember breaking early for the fishing hole
I often walked when I could have gone by car
my dog liked it better that way
as we sniffed out signs of life along the creek