This Poem was Submitted By: Norman S. Pollack On Date: 2001-05-09 08:52:49 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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A Playground Nightmare

                   i played on the monkey bars and wrapped my legs around the universe                            s                                                &                            w                             i                                                d                            n                                                a                            g                                                r                            i                                                i                            n                                                n                            g                                                g                         the sad earth's gravity to pull me into her land of never                                                                             s                            I                                                h                                                                             e           spied her in the sand only a second              never glanced my way from her play                                                    s                                                    o                  i blinked, bent up,  pulled the steel with hands grasping, feet now dangling                             g                                               &                              r                                      i                                               h                             p                                               o                             p                                               p                             i                                               i                             n                                               n                             g                                               g                 i reversed my palms so my not-upside-down eyes might re-focus on the sandbox                                                    b                                                    u                                                    t                                                       s                                                    h                                                    e                                                    w                                                    a                                                    s                                                    g                                                    o                                                    n                                                    e                                                                             !             

Copyright © May 2001 Norman S. Pollack


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