Indoor playground
Indoor playground.
First time without guardians,
innocent smiles, crumbled teeth, a baby
is reluctant to talk to.
Freezing in this playground.
More kids coming through a secured door,
supervisors chatting over coffee and donuts, a tiny
is a distressed starving stomach.
This is your playground.
Everyone knows each other,
tattooed brats, dread locks, a puerile infant
is scared to be within reach.
Not classified as any other grounds.
Halloween jamboree this year has not yet past,
embraces … Fausts, kisses on scabs, orange attire
hip-hop live where music forbidden.
Wildlife reserve, overly amusing for, a kiddie
don’t play here!
Rewarded the unlimited recess,
a few decades in every hour, all day
on a concrete bench, solitary remains
How soon to eject?
*
XXX plus lines, a full length fiction.
Leaving the cage, home or slammer?
*
A dismissed novice, -15 degrees
wind chill, righteous in the open.
