The Park

Michael Emery
Writing and Research AALA-5
Essay # 1
March 15, 2004
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The Park
The wind whistling through the crisp cold air, birds chirping in the dusk of daylight, and the babbling brook running through. The cool air makes you relax and forget about all of your problems that you've had during the day. The equipment is cold to the touch; kids are running all around like it's still the dawn of the day.
<Tab/>Lions Park, what a place, I grew up there playing roller hockey, in the dead of winter, with no snow on the ground defending the goal. Almost nightl…