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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

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