years later
> at the schoolhouse <
I come to learn that
Chinese jump rope’s made
in America,
that freeze tag’s
a photo
that hopscotch
is fermented,
–and sold at
monkey bars–
just a hop, skip, and backward alphabet away
(from)
the swing set
with grills on the right & boys lining the surf
–who
teeter
&
totter
&
eventually
catapult
(like a really well-done shotput)
beyond non-regulation B-Ball hoops,
3 Wall racket ball,
and torn chain-link
holding it all together
while Mary–
old-fashioned Merry,
Sweet, muddled, old-fashioned Mary just goes ‘round
(and round)
(and round)
playing hide-and-go-seek like to make an astronaut dizzy
…
G-force, you know, as
the steepest slide affords
a different kind of thrill…
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