Lightning bugs at dusk
Fill the arena, flashing
Pretend cameras
Grade school memories
Barefoot, with cutoff jean shorts
And tie-dyed tank top
deep blue doodle-ties
Plaited Pippi Longstocking
Raises both arms on
St. Augustine grass
Nature’s Olympic floor mat
For cartwheeling shows
Every passing car
A Dream of discovery
By a real true judge
Who’d stop in our yard:
“Be our star gymnast, Kim Haynes!”
Offering flowers
Common Threads 