Memories of Monkey Bridge
Memories of Monkey Bridge
on summer days
when heat rippled over
the lawn and jewel-like gardens
momma would emerge
from the front door, our only door,
with a huge white wicker basket.
papa carried the blanket
and cushions. we would all climb
into the old black ford,
with the shades, which to my
young mind were quite elegant;
and go to Monkey Bridge.
deep in the country side, the span
crossed a shallow river clear, cool
rippling gently over a stone bottom.
this is where we would while away
the hottest hours. Adventuring,
rolling in the grass, wading in the river
and frog hunting.
There was a community
of leopard frogs living in the shallows
away from the swirls of faster water
spending their days sitting on lush
grassy banks hunting for bugs.
Lunch came in mid afternoon
so we had time to stalk and catch our prey.
Michele and I would wander down stream
eyes ever searching for a movement
of a green striped creature. we would spy it out,
then creep up on it slowly, well, as slowly as a
two year old and a five year old could muster.
with one bound we would scoop it up,
hold it tight and dance about screeching,
”we caught it” at the top of our lungs.
I held out my had staring at the poor frog
it being in petrified shock.
Michele jumped around, “give it me, give it me”.
momma looked over at the fracas
and said, “let your sister hold it for a while Patti”
begrudgingly I put the frog into her hand,
luckily it was still stunned. Michele closed
her grubby little mitt around it speaking
to it softly “nice fwog, good fwog, slowly
Copyright © Patricia Cresswell | Year Posted 2017
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