Childhood Memories

Thoughts carry me back to a time
so grand...
Of an old tractor tire filled with
cool moist sand,
June bugs buzzing 'round a bright
porch light,
Playing hide and seek on a starlit
summer night,
Walks in the pasture down by the
pond...

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Just two kids doing that of which
a child is most fond..
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Watching crawdads swimmin' in a
favorite water hole,
Catching fish from the pond with
a bamboo pole,
Spraying each other with the
garden hose,
Playing cowboys and indians with
handmade bows,
Snowball fights in the cold
winter air...

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Just two kids with plenty of
energy to spare...
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Turtles sunning on a log all the day
long,
While the ole bullfrog sings his
"courting" song.
Fireflies flickering in the dark
night sky.
The buzzing of a big ole pesky
horse fly.
Shootin' a tin can target with
a be-be gun...

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Just two bare foot kids havin'
a lot of fun...
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An onery billy goat and a
trustworthy dog,
Little piglets snuggled around
ole Moma hog,
Fuzzy chicks a peepin' under a
light.. keepin' warm
Honey bees on the lawn gathering
into a swarm
The sound of crickets echoing in
the warm night air...

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Just two kids playing without a
worry or a care...
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A big brother of ten with his
kid sister of six,
Livin' out in the country...back
in the sticks...
Those were the good ole days, I'm
sure he would agree...

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We were just two country bumpkins
a runnin'... free!
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