amazing beautiful dilapidation were our Saturdays
back then with their playhouse ramifications
their peanut butter and banana sandwiches
fixed by our Grandfather
just for us
the Queens of Jam
you build the house you will live in later
when you are young
for perhaps a long time
yes a playhouse a treehouse of the heart
and you climb up there with all your dolls
so that the leaves laugh and they ask
and who are all these people
have we met yet
you with your imaginary teas
your long perusal of the rose tinted clouds
as if you had fallen headfirst
into a cloud library.
how I miss the pines back then
and the fresh wind
and that feeling in your fifteen petticoats
the colors of all roses
as if we were already eternal
in the beautiful dilapidation of Saturdays
and no tests given and all chores done
and fun fun fun
until the fading of the day
then lullabies then
warm cocoa and the fairy tales all told
and dreams and strawberries with cream all
put away
and dreams
that stayed.
mary angela douglas 28 july 2017
back then with their playhouse ramifications
their peanut butter and banana sandwiches
fixed by our Grandfather
just for us
the Queens of Jam
you build the house you will live in later
when you are young
for perhaps a long time
yes a playhouse a treehouse of the heart
and you climb up there with all your dolls
so that the leaves laugh and they ask
and who are all these people
have we met yet
you with your imaginary teas
your long perusal of the rose tinted clouds
as if you had fallen headfirst
into a cloud library.
how I miss the pines back then
and the fresh wind
and that feeling in your fifteen petticoats
the colors of all roses
as if we were already eternal
in the beautiful dilapidation of Saturdays
and no tests given and all chores done
and fun fun fun
until the fading of the day
then lullabies then
warm cocoa and the fairy tales all told
and dreams and strawberries with cream all
put away
and dreams
that stayed.
mary angela douglas 28 july 2017
