Donna Saslove And Simon Lugassy - JO LEE Magazine
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Games of Childhood<br />
Bouncing jacks and pick-up-stix<br />
Ring around the rosy<br />
Kick the can, hide and seek<br />
Who will ever find me?<br />
Ring the doorbell, run away<br />
Raid the neighbor’s plum tree<br />
Kickball, dodgeball<br />
Who will capture the flag?<br />
Roller skating, ice skating<br />
Hopscotch and jump rope<br />
Green light, red light<br />
Who will get past go?<br />
Toss the dice and take a chance<br />
Monopoly…Parcheesi<br />
Spelling bees, cake walks<br />
Who will win the prize?<br />
Spin the bottle, kiss the girl<br />
Play your favorite tune<br />
Forty-fives and jukeboxes<br />
Will she really love me?<br />
©Sallyanne<br />
Belle<br />
Four weeks ago Belle moved in next door, “love at first<br />
sight”.<br />
Belle’s jumbo, black olive eyes enchant, sparkle with<br />
mischief,<br />
coyness, exultation, dauntlessness and minuscule reserve.<br />
Belle’s shinny flaxen hair swings like gently blown prairie<br />
grass.<br />
Belle’s jubilant spirit, walk, determined, unhurried;<br />
her effervescence cannot be saddened.<br />
Belle, extremely poor conservationist, but attentive,<br />
comforting listener:<br />
all confidences find sanctuary and non-judgment.<br />
Hands<br />
Calm, strong, focused hands<br />
Hands that knead and shape clay into exquisite<br />
expressions of beauty<br />
Hands that rhythmically guide water to bring forth new<br />
life hidden in our garden<br />
Hands that race with pen to paper to reveal the deepest<br />
feelings within his heart<br />
Hands that gently and lightly massage the kitten’s furry<br />
chin<br />
Hands that cradle my hands<br />
Hands that say, “I love you, love me back”<br />
Beautiful, loving, magical hands of life.<br />
We often sit in silence, words unimportant when eyes and<br />
heart speak.<br />
Belle’s friendliness often overbearing:<br />
she sees me arriving home and immediately<br />
saunters over following me into the house, effusively<br />
amative.<br />
Seems like she gallops over like a wild horse chased by an<br />
entrapping lasso.<br />
Belle, shining example of breed perfection, gentle Golden<br />
Retriever,<br />
my blue ribbon champion of unconditional love, my new<br />
neighbor.<br />
©margaretumanzio<br />
©Veraresnik<br />
JL<br />
Jo Lee Power 2011 47