Islington Sunday
hijab askew. drinking,
gulping this sunny sand
pit only through fingertips -
toddler girl moans, writhes
thrashes, rolls in grit -
reveling in her body
and Spring’s first heat.
+ + +
brown bud opens her mouth to laugh.
clinging wet shorts. mud stained bottom
sand mosiac adorns round stomach
baby fat shifting to bloom
naked one last summer.
gulping this sunny sand
pit only through fingertips -
toddler girl moans, writhes
thrashes, rolls in grit -
reveling in her body
and Spring’s first heat.
+ + +
brown bud opens her mouth to laugh.
clinging wet shorts. mud stained bottom
sand mosiac adorns round stomach
baby fat shifting to bloom
naked one last summer.
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