the playground
is so very big without you.
i've looked everywhere. behind the big tree by the swingset, by the monkey bars, tether ball pole and merry go round. where'd you go??
the other kids said you moved away, but i don't believe that. why would you go without saying goodbye?? i still have your red flashlight from the last time we camped in the yard between our houses. tony says he'll stop bullying you if you come back. whose gonna feed my goldfish when i have to go to my grandparent's house?
so i waited at the playground until 10:00pm. everybody was scared because they didn't know where i was. sheriff burton finally came down and gave me a ride home in his new cop car. they weren't mad really, just scared. momma cried and held me so tight i thought she'd squeeze the life right out of me. daddy had that look on his face, you know the one.
they spoke to me with this "concern". telling me what a stupid thing i had done. "what were you thinking?", "do you know what could have happened?", "do you want to end up disappearing like he did?"...again, where did you go??
they said the man just took you, that you got in the car without a word. they said it looked like you knew him. he was tall and angular. his skin wasn't dark, his nature was, and he smelled like tobacco and breath mints. they said he was a drifter, that he'd only been in town 5 weeks. they said the body was unidentifiable except for the scar on your chin from when you fell out of that tree. they said you were never coming back...
...the playground is so very big without you.
is so very big without you.
i've looked everywhere. behind the big tree by the swingset, by the monkey bars, tether ball pole and merry go round. where'd you go??
the other kids said you moved away, but i don't believe that. why would you go without saying goodbye?? i still have your red flashlight from the last time we camped in the yard between our houses. tony says he'll stop bullying you if you come back. whose gonna feed my goldfish when i have to go to my grandparent's house?
so i waited at the playground until 10:00pm. everybody was scared because they didn't know where i was. sheriff burton finally came down and gave me a ride home in his new cop car. they weren't mad really, just scared. momma cried and held me so tight i thought she'd squeeze the life right out of me. daddy had that look on his face, you know the one.
they spoke to me with this "concern". telling me what a stupid thing i had done. "what were you thinking?", "do you know what could have happened?", "do you want to end up disappearing like he did?"...again, where did you go??
they said the man just took you, that you got in the car without a word. they said it looked like you knew him. he was tall and angular. his skin wasn't dark, his nature was, and he smelled like tobacco and breath mints. they said he was a drifter, that he'd only been in town 5 weeks. they said the body was unidentifiable except for the scar on your chin from when you fell out of that tree. they said you were never coming back...
...the playground is so very big without you.
junecleavage:
souljerk:
sillygirl