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Sunday Afternoon

Carl Papa Palmer

Raking needles and cones down my sloping front
yard, I notice him watching while standing by his
mailbox across the street, kitty corner from my house.

The little boy, small for a ten year old, must take after
his mother, his father’s big. She drops him off on Saturday
mornings every other week, never gets out of the car.

Noticing his arm in a sling, I ask “break it at the rodeo?”
referring to the red cowboy hat he wears shadowing the
recent bruise on his cheek and band aid on his chin.

“Doctor says it ain’t broke, just sprained. It’ll be alright,
but Mom’ll be mad and start hollering again,” the boy
says as we both move closer to the bottom of my yard.

He looks back at his home quickly when I ask how he
really did hurt his arm, “I tripped and fell down is all,
nobody hit me. I better get back in the house now. See ya.”

“It’s a hot day, how about we get us a couple of popsicles?
I’ve got some in the fridge. Go ask your Dad if it’s okay.”
He smiles, runs back into his house, does not return.



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