Joshua Keiter

The ice cream truck tune 
wafted through open windows 
time to put on pants 

Way too hot outside 
for a day like this in spring 
child requires a coat 

Playground friends running 
around the steps to the slide 
pretend space voyage 

What should dinner be
a pickle and an orange 
wash them down with milk 

Child circles stuffed cat 
singing made up songs about 
the way that words sound