peanut butter and jelly on sticky fingers
silent giggles behind mom's back
tickle fights, rolling around the livingroom floor
irrepressible
we loved Lassie and Mighty Mouse
we kicked stones to the curb
and we made blood pacts with friends
whose names we can no longer remember
we built treehouses in the summer
ice forts in the winter
we chewed gum and passed notes in class
and we couldn't wait for the bell
we rode our bikes everywhere we could
we put hockey cards in the spokes
because we loved the "click-click-click"
we traded comic books for
five-cent bottles of root beer
and fragrant ropes of red licorice
the wind blew us
wherever it would
and we let it take us
we were free
DLD/07AUG07
Listening to: Can't Stop Falling (Great Big Sea)
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