Red Rover

Some Saturday morning
when I knock at your door
will you come out
and play with the gang...

If we call you over
while playing red rover,
will you crash through
the line by my side?

And if we play tag
when I chase after you,
will you know why
I want you as it?

Then at hide and seek
when I find you at last
will you run off

if I try for a kiss? 

Once away and alone

when you tackle me down

to roll in the grass

could play turn to wonder? 

That time we played house
but played doctor instead,
some ways that we touched
mean as much now as then.


 -dp-  
 5-16-13

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