Wild Party

Smiles of a Summer Night

By: Charles Giuliano - Jun 01, 2015

Wild Party

Moonlight night
Walk to Lighthouse Beach
Past the Hedbloom house
Sloping hill
View of the water
Laughter and music
Sound of scratchy 78
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
All the kids having fun
Not invited
Getting even
Midweek
When Mom and Dad were
Home in the city
Called everyone I knew
Far away as Marblehead
Sailing buddies
The house was packed
Rock Around the Clock
Tons of beer
Motorcycle gang from Gloucester
Crashed the party
Little sister Pip
Danced with the leader of the pack
Next day she and Lillian
Who we so loved
Surrogate Mom
Cleaned it all up
Kept mum
On the beach that weekend
Peg Usher spilled the beans
She was such a gossip
Mom came home furious
In the bedroom
Closed the door
Read the riot act
List of chores
Or you’re not going to
Marblehead Race Week
Worth it
Peter Hedbloom
Later Cambridge neighbor
Looked like a young JFK
Was jealous
As heck