Way Back Then When I Was Ten

I was shot by Cupid's tainted dart And puppy love awakened my sleeping heart Tried to impress with exaggerated tales Mark the box letters sent through the mail Hunted and fished for sport and food Baseball games with the neighborhood crew Dirt always flying from old gravel roads Wearing my brother's, hand me down clothes Baseball cards popping bicycle spokes Stealing the babysitter's pack of smokes Riding my bike to the nearest creek Stripping off my clothes to the water I'd streak Change from my Sunday suit after church Running around in just shorts with no shirt Family meals three times a day Each time we'd all bow our heads and pray Lied about it all with two crossed fingers Dad finding out meant a real humdinger Turn around and do it all over again Way back then when I was ten by Daniel Turner Jan 29, 2016