Kiddos In Old Town

Kiddos In Old Town I rode my bike through Old Town today it used to be a few blocks of bars and low rent restaurants with Friday and Saturday night live music pouring through open doors and windows back when I first moved to town in the early seventies now it’s a pedestrian mall filled with moms and their little kiddos out for some sun and fun without hassle or travel… the kids playing in fountains that spurt up water from random spouts four feet into the air showering them with cool streams in the summer sun as I sat happily watching the kids a woman around my age walked into the fountain area with her thirteen-year-old beagle unleashed he obviously knew the drill jumping between spouts as each shot a stream of water into the air getting soaked and loving it the kids went bonkers watching him and moms loved the show I saw brightly colored joy in little faces and mother’s hearts the warm summer sun keeping watch over kiddos having a blast and the pure fun in the beagles being set a grin on my lips and poetry running through my mind I thanked the woman and her wet pup for being my muse of the day jumped on my bike and split…