Childhood

CHILDHOOD the one where I climb a hill am bit by a dog i never see or hear but hereafter every bark every skittery sound bites my skin the one where my feet happily pump the wind i sail over rooftops and trees playground in and out of focus the one where i remove glasses everytime my crush walks past my classroom door never noticing but i see everything the one where the bus bumbles on rural roads picking up the scented afternoon of a petrified skunk the one where no one is home and i remember childhood 9/1/2018