flat rocks skim the surface
june bugs on strings
swung around our heads,
cat tails at the water's edge
a snake head appears
just to the left of center,
black tennis shoes and
water soaked levis are
highlights of spring...
a robin's nest built in
a dogwood tree a blue
bird house on a pole,
insects buzz bright lights
just below the entrance
of the treehouse that had
three floors and a porch
on which we sat at sunset
eating hotdogs without buns,
toy pistols and cowboy
clothes and rake handles we
used as horses - these are the
memories of innocence that
have long since died after
the first summer we failed
to show up... bulldozers
knocked down trees on
which our house was crudely
attached and new homes
were built for all the new
families with children that had
no wooded area to play in.
March 22, 2024
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