Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Old Timer

 

My childhood is here, now.

A final twinkling of the moment

The curious gaze, the vacant smile, the chops covered in chocolate

A gentle pulling of a gal’s hair—————without purpose

 

I have found.

 

hidden in cartoons marked: expired, warning:

            —no cheeseburgers inside—

like little toys placed in the attic

before being used

 

A childhood escaped, but never set free

 

But like the tide going out

 

            they have come back in

            unwrapped for a moment

 

there is something to grow into here.

A general expanding

   (my tummy proves this)

 

not a smaller size or laugh marks. Nor can one go back to the thumb slowly pressing at the teeth.

 

                              to regain life

                                      one must grow back into birth

 

 some just get older. Others (the lucky ones)

become children again

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