Borrowed
Mother and daughter reach over the fence to touch each others' hair.
It is a gesture they don't realize they understand.
Some other woman speaks to her son like an adult invalid.
A ball rolls, unclaimed, across the crushed rock of the daycare yard,
a miniature redhead dangling from its string.
The kids are borrowed and lonely, all white, seventy-two percent blond.
I think about climbing the fence myself and playing alone with them for a while.
But I've outgrown being borrowed.
Now, either they want me or they don't.
It is a gesture they don't realize they understand.
Some other woman speaks to her son like an adult invalid.
A ball rolls, unclaimed, across the crushed rock of the daycare yard,
a miniature redhead dangling from its string.
The kids are borrowed and lonely, all white, seventy-two percent blond.
I think about climbing the fence myself and playing alone with them for a while.
But I've outgrown being borrowed.
Now, either they want me or they don't.
Published by A Powers
FIND WHAT YOU WANT ON MY ORGANIZED WEBSITE http://awriterpowers.yolasite.com/ A. Powers is an English major and longtime freelance writer. She enjoys sharing her experiences with crafts, films and other... View profile
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