Monday, March 22, 2010

Level Playing Field: A Pantoum

every day always I am too little
except when Dad makes snowballs
wet snow and wood chips - our battleground -
under the slides and swingsets

except when Dad makes snowballs
the smalls do what the bigs say
under the slides and swingsets
in snowball fights I get to kill Dad dead

the smalls do what the bigs say
we have to follow the rules
in snowball fights I get to kill Dad dead
and he rolls and falls and screams and I pounce

we have to follow the rules
no rules in war
and he rolls and falls and screams and I pounce
he's the small and I'm the big

no rules in war
wet snow and wood chips - our battleground -
he's the small and i'm the big
every day always I am too little

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