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Playground countdown.
5:30 pm Parent chorus “Casey, five more minutes!” “Mikey, three more times on the swing.” Flurry of feet Sand tornadoes Giggles “We’re going home in two minutes, Joshua!.” “Two minutes, Casey.” “One more time on the swing. Weeee!” “Okay, you can go down the slide two more times.” “One more minute.” Jump, jump, jump Run, [...]
Toddler in tow.
Waiting room waiting room Toddler in tow. No nap has me praying. Goldfish are my savior. “Momma up!” “down!” “out!” stroller shakes, stroller shakes Clock ticks Goldfish gone Into the room the size of a dime. Spilled milk Strawberry milk shirt off pants off “Momma milk!” “Momma milk!” Gown on feet in stirrups … silence… [...]
Leaving…
yearning… the door the front door the knob taunts me from afar the toddler wrestles me earth shattering cries… cries, cries, cries of socks where’s the letter Z? the letter Z will help goodnight, goodnight, a thousand times goodnight moon shoe on the foot shoe in the mouth Q in the shoe hand in the [...]
