he cannot focus yet he stares out the window maple leaves dancing

Boys and girls on the playground flitting from one group to another like busy working bees. The sound of gravel punctuates their movement like a garbled staccato measure and kicks up the dry smell of dirt. Eager hands dig up mounds of grass and cup…

water from fountain served in paper cup — like ice tumbling over rocks

why do we still say Pledge of Allegiance teacher when our country does much wrong?   we pledge allegiance to remind us of the way so we do not remain lost

resource room students can’t sit still but know every word to Disney songs A country man goes to town and sees a car hit a raven. Recognizing the bird as his neighbor he gently picks him up from the street and carries him home where…

Desks protected us from a Soviet missile back in the sixties as much as barricade bars guard against Americans — please tell me different  

backpacks stuffed into lockers — patiently waiting to be overturned  

Inch worms and bean sprouts windowsill curio shelf growing the future  

The apparition of barren playgrounds helicopter seeds

  sunflower peeping cheddar slice in pavement crack knitting oaks cast shade