Showing posts with label children. Show all posts
Showing posts with label children. Show all posts

Sunday, May 13, 2007

mami

Loudly I remember "la condenada muchacha" spilling screams in stores for new crayons you never denied.

I learned how to jump rope, tie my shoes, read, color in the lines, and reject naps at four.

Today I am four again, wearing the curls you tempered and the laugh you never gated.