Aerie InternationaL - Missoula County Public Schools
Aerie InternationaL - Missoula County Public Schools
Aerie InternationaL - Missoula County Public Schools
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jamie piscotta<br />
layton, utah, usa<br />
We Were So WISe<br />
I wish I could go back<br />
and not just to my childhood<br />
I mean all the way back<br />
to that day we reached the moon<br />
and came back for a lunch picnic in the forest<br />
and after we built a castle<br />
then chased the clouds<br />
but just before it all ended we found Africa<br />
and we stopped at the watering hole<br />
we squished the dark mud through our toes<br />
of course we made mud pies, and we sold them to the zebras and giraffe<br />
with our skin still covered we climbed out and laid on the driveway<br />
you said you liked the way it felt as it dried<br />
the way it got hard and tightened like armor<br />
I liked the way it looked<br />
you seemed 100 years old<br />
(and I believe you had the wisdom to match)<br />
with skin like the elephant, baked in God’s oven<br />
the African savanna<br />
we found the fountain of youth that day, too<br />
the green hose washed away our cracks and wrinkles<br />
but we were still wise<br />
we knew the meaning of life<br />
we traveled the world<br />
our castles were made from blankets<br />
and were still strong enough to keep out dragons<br />
a steep hill was the only rocket fuel we needed<br />
and a good pie would only cost two smooth stones<br />
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