06 March 2011

a little boy

Chalk
In the park near his house
A young boy will make
Lots of pictures using chalk
Some things real, some things fake.

Concentrating with his tongue out
He draws a fat cat
Giggling to himself
He finishes and says “Would ya look at that!”

He begins to draw dinosaurs
Using red, green, and blue
He makes a mistake and stomps his little feet
But still aware of just what to do

He gets up and laughs
Head held up towards the sky
Says, “Look what I can draw!”
Struts around, head held high.

Another boy spots his pictures
Covers his mouth and says “Wow!”
He tilts his head to the new admirer
Whispers quietly, “Look at me now.”

They begin to play some tag
Running all over the park
Dirt from head to toe
As the light turns to dark.

The boy goes back to his pictures
And suddenly becomes sad
Mommy grabs his little hand tight
And says, “Why don’t we show dad.”

Eyes wide, eye brows jumping
He runs to grab daddy’s hand
He shows them their big teeth and tails
So proud of his dinosaur land.

It’s time to go inside for bed

He grabs mommy and daddy’s hands to walk

He looks back reminiscing about his day
What fun he had today with chalk.




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