Hopscotch
Must have chalk
to mark the sidewalk
with squares in a line
numbered to nine
hop one hop two
then put down the other shoe
together on three and four
then hop, hop twice more
at seven and eight
both feet are straight
last hop to nine
and done this time ...
but wait, there's more
to create a score
find something that
if you toss it lands flat
like a coin or a top
from a bottle of pop
which you'll place
on the numbers you face
from the first square
as you place it there
then hop up to nine and back again
back to two and that is when
you'll pick up the top
on one foot when you stop
start again and toss to square two
as you go all through
but, if you should fall
you'll start over all.
Laughing and hopping
what a memory does ring
of a warm spring day
and such fun to play.
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