Poem: Summer holiday #2

Time was away and somewhere else
When the hot afternoon sun was bright and beating
When the bigger children were at a light siesta resting
The street dog with its tongue salivating
Lying in the shade of the lonely mango tree, waiting

Time was away and somewhere else
When the mangoes were orange, ripe and inviting
An unread comic, lay awaiting
The neighbour's kid never tired of meeting
Unexplored toys and garden paths in waiting

Time was away and somewhere else
When the ice cream vendor with a dry parched call
Said it with a loud writing on the "Wall"
The familiar clamor of his cycle bell
Easily spoke volumes on the favourite icecream to sell

Time was away and somewhere else
No game could match it, be it on IBM or Dell
Those lovely times that we wished for so well
Alas, these days we can only dwell
On those innocent times, and the heart just swells