Small Child, Big Sandbox

Small child, big Sandbox 

The bench tied to the big dog 

Big kids digging a hole to China 

Little cousins drinking from the sprinkler 

Pigeons and Squirrels and big birds that don’t look like Pigeons that eat the Pigeons and Squirrels 

Soft feet, hard gravel 

Paw Patrol Band-Aids and Paw Patrol fruit snacks  

Jumping off the fireman pole into the sandbox because they can fly 

Raincloud, muddy knee, small child, big sandbox 

shalev

NY

14 years old

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