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A Memoir of Sledding
Last updated on: December 6, 2018 at 8:00 am by Theresa Zoe Williams
A Memoir of Sledding 2018-12-05T18:55:05-07:00 Theresa Zoe Williams
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There on the hill are the little children
Clad in thick gloves and woolen hats
Puffy suits to keep out snow
Undershirts, knit socks, and long underwear
And massive clunky boots
There on the hill are the little children
Tugging their sleds
Made of brightly-colored plastic and unfinished wood
Some with shiny metal runners
Some long enough to hold them all
There on the hill are the little children
Racing to the bottom
Swiftly dashing through the snow
Shouting and screaming with glee
Tumbling giddily as they hit a drift
There on the hill are the little children
Smiling at their silly game
Wind-burnt, laughing faces
Watching the glistening sun give way to night
Trudging home to eat their suppers
There on the hill are the little children
With frost-bitten hands and tingling toes
Noses bright red from the cold
An innocent moment frozen
A memory fading with grown-up-ness
Image courtesy of https://pixabay.com/en/children-on-snow-winter-cold-869526/
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