Simple Pleasures

Making mud tamales Sucking cherry tomatoes Gorging on figs til my stomach ached Splattering a watermelon to the ground Ripping its guts out Competitively running from the start of Isabella Street to the Rail Road Tracks of our dead end street I was faster than Larry and Mike! Blowing bubbles that floated to Neverland Chalking a mansion With rooms for 50 kids flowers and space everywhere Chinaberry fights launched from the bricked front porch Nefretitti poised like a snake slithering styling down the driveway runway Week long Scrabble competitions and hours of conversations about the universe and universes beyond Parades with high stepping majorettes avoiding the horse manure Jacks, jumprope and drinking Kool-Aid from the pitcher (Shhh, don't tell) Simple pleasures Simply learned From children