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Not among the 6%
“Let’s go to the beach!”
One kid, online, shrugs as the
other keeps texting.
“In a typical week, only 6 percent of children ages nine to thirteen play outside on their own.”
from The Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New American Dream by Christopher B. Leinberger
My biggest fan
Directed at me
all day it follows me from
room to room in heat.
Already mid-July
And so summer goes
like fishing line cast into
swift moving waters
Heat wave breaks
Rumbles of thunder
promise that soon fat raindrops
will bring refreshment.
Last days of school
Nobody wants to
be there. Even the teachers
sit, watching the clock.
Restaurant training (sanctioned pigout)
Expected to know
all the dishes, servers eat
the entire menu.
First job
At the interview
J’s hired on the spot, full of
new employee glee.
Job search
Panera’s didn’t
call, nor Applebee’s. Rejec-
tion’s hard at sixteen.
J’s prom dress
She said she felt like
a fairy princess, draped in
blue with beaded swirls.
a haiku a day 