Saturday Afternoons

When I was a kid
down at the park

I waited for the other boys
to invite me to the
Pull-the-legs-off-the-daddylonglegs!!

but they kept their spidery plans
to themselves

so I was left holding the magnifying glass
against the gritty sole of my cheap shoe.

Stuart Ryder

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