Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Gulch Jumpers

We use to jump through puddles

In the springtime

In the rain.

We laughed and then got yelled at

When our mothers saw

Our soaking shoes.

We spent our teenaged summers

Jumping gullies

Falling short.

We laughed and we got yell at

For our dirty

Dungarees

Our chasm grew much wider

When the leaves

Began to fall.

We laughed a little less and yet

The yelling

Had been stilled.

Now wintertime approaches

And our gully

Is a gulch.

And I don’t have the energy

To jump

To laugh

To yell

To cry.

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