We never kicked cans
or played stickball
we ran with the bulls
Mexican brown
pointed in, to check out
2 dimes and donut, to go please
tricky, it was
silly kids, such optimism
Don said it was the best in town
Andrew swore by it....daily
for 12 years
and he never got hooked
so we ran
dodge ball for keeps
escapism
in the bottom of a spoon
reading the burn marks
like palms
visible life lines
crossing paths and pasts
I don't wonder what happened to them
I know how to find them all
as do their Mothers
or played stickball
we ran with the bulls
Mexican brown
pointed in, to check out
2 dimes and donut, to go please
tricky, it was
silly kids, such optimism
Don said it was the best in town
Andrew swore by it....daily
for 12 years
and he never got hooked
so we ran
dodge ball for keeps
escapism
in the bottom of a spoon
reading the burn marks
like palms
visible life lines
crossing paths and pasts
I don't wonder what happened to them
I know how to find them all
as do their Mothers