What Life Once Was
January 20
11:06
2016
JOHN BENNETT
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When I
was a
kid A.M.
radio was
about as
high tech
as it
got &
we
played tag
hide-&
go-seek
tug-of-
war Annie-
Annie-Over
kick-the-
can stoop
ball &
king-of-
the-mountain.
We made
eye contact
& physical
contact &
we laughed
& cried
out &
did summersaults
in the
grass.
Our clothes
got dirty
& torn
& we
slept like
logs.
On Saturday
mornings I’d
slip out
of the
house early
with my
dog while
the grown-ups
slept &
roam the
prairie,
throwing my
arms wide
to the
rising sun.
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Find John Bennett’s novels, short stories, and shards at Hcolom Press. You can contact him, or get on his Shards list at dasleben@fairpoint.net. Read a review of his novel Children of the Sun & Earth here
[prairie sunrise photo from Charles Knowles]
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