Saturday, July 17, 2010

And Yet Another Poem (in Honor of the Parades in July)

PARADE CANDY FLUNG BY GIRLS IN PRETTY DRESSES

children dart like fish,
grabbing at those sweet kissings
of summer color.

thirteen-year-old boys
shuffle uncomfortably
and watch waving girls.

boys: too old to chase
a piece of roadside candy,
too young for kissing,

but desiring both.
they kick at stones in the street.

2 comments:

mckenzie said...

hmmmmm...what don't you do well? Beautiful...all of them.

favoritenic said...

oh, mckenzie, you are too kind. i just have way too much time on my hands and a deep affinity for all things aesthetically pleasing.