Melani Udaeta Poet Free verse

Sidewalk Chalk

Pull out the latch keys kids;
Flashlight tag and blanket forts;
You already know,
safety scissors don’t really cut;
Time to break out dodgeballs!
Let’s rock those slick shoes,
invent things like Data did; 

I can still see sidewalk chalk, 
images drawn with innocent eyes; 
There are still so many ideas 
waiting to be finessed; 
Get through that channel 3 static 
let’s paint on a new canvas;

Pull out the latch keys kids, 
Break out that etch a sketch
it’s time to admit we are stumbling;
Possibilities are endless, 
Optimism and hope spiraling ?
Simon says use your imagination; 

I can still see sidewalk chalk, 
images drawn with innocent eyes;
Call hope over, red red rover; 
There are still so many ideas;  
Think back to bedtime stories, 
there’s magic in those rhymes; 
The answer is still the future.

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Caren Krutsinger August 5, 2020 at 10:16 PM This is jazzy and fun; it appealed to me as a child, me as a Mom and me as a grandma and teacher so bravo, my friend. Bravo!