Kathryn Collins Poet Rhyme

Down At the Park

Down at the park

no biking
no spitting
no littering
no loitering

no children
no running
no walking
no skipping

no singing
no sweating
no flipping
no picnicking 

no body


Kathy Collins
October 21, 2013

P.S.

I used to live in a town where you were allowed to jog as long as you didn’t sweat.  Anything perspiration-related in public was forbidden.

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David Fisher November 24, 2013 at 9:30 AM Sounds like no (park)ing, too. I love the line, 'no body'...great ending.

Terry O'Leary October 29, 2013 at 3:16 PM There are lots of strange laws... kinda makes you wonder what strange creatures dwell in wo/men's minds... Love, Terry

Andrea Dietrich October 21, 2013 at 3:41 PM and that was without even jogging, but just sitting in the Iowa humidity.

Andrea Dietrich October 21, 2013 at 3:40 PM OMG, are you kidding me?? I would have been expelled from your town then. I sweated so bad as a kid, it went all the way under my arm halfway to my waist!!