4.23.2015

Clan

5 minutes left
of the requisite 30
after your hot dog
before swimming
picnic table uncle
she’s got legs
that go all the way up
to her butt
diving raft out the lake
wish you were there

#23 of 30 in April! For Karin’s prompt to the Real Toads: Last Legs
Posted by Marian at 8:00 AM
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10 comments:

  1. A scene painted to perfection, so clearly I can SEE those legs!

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  2. That is quite a pair of strong legs..! :D
    What an amazing style..!
    Loved the poem :D
    xoxo

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  4. I think we've all got one of those uncles!

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  5. I remember the no swimming after eating rule!! Haha!

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  6. As our five-year-old has learned, wave from up to downward and out and scream, "Go, go!!
    ..

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  7. Ha! Very vivid scene in a very small number of words! Well done! Thanks. K.

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  8. A reminscence that becomes a postcard from the past. As Karin says, so vivid in so few words.

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  9. Vivid and I love being at the lake~
    Nicely, done

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  10. summer seems far, but it's nearly May. ~

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