Playground

Location

45249
United States
39° 16' 15.2256" N, 84° 19' 40.4724" W

“Watch me,”
he shrieks delightedly
my beloved baby brother with cornsilk hair
and a torn t-rex t-shirt

His citrusy seraph smile
reflected in the smudged swingset chain
white teeth like miniature chiclets
revealed behind lips smeared with popsicle slime

If I could give my youth gone by to him, I would
so that he could remain like this;
innocent, gleeful and sticky
for just a little
while
longer.

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