Sunday, June 23, 2013

Slide into Summer

Slide into Summer by Joanne Faries


Wax paper, please?

Mom always had extra rolls

tore sheets for neighborhood kids

everyone chose a section

tall kids covered the top

little kids crowded the end

we rubbed and rubbed and rubbed and rubbed wax paper

covering every square inch

backyard metal sliding board

slick and shiny

glint hurt our eyes



Took turns sliding

S

        L

             I

                      P

                           S

                                  T

                                      R

                                            E

                                                     A

                                                            M

                                                                       F

                                                                            A

                                                                                     S

                                                                                                  T



until sheen diminshed
then we rubbed and rubbed and rubbed wax paper again and again

burnished gleam beckoned

we sailed down and popped off airborne

tumbling into sandpit
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  1. Rosalind AdamJune 23, 2013 at 8:40 AM

    We have different memories, different experiences. When I was a kid we used to fold a small piece of wax paper (we call it grease-proof paper) over a comb and play a tune on it by letting it vibrate over our lips.

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  2. Sherry EllisJune 23, 2013 at 2:09 PM

    I've never used wax paper to make sliding boards slippery. Sounds like a good trick!

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  3. Annalisa CrawfordJune 24, 2013 at 3:44 PM

    I didn't recognise what was going on here, so I'm glad I'm not alone. It sounds fund though!

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  4. Susan Flett SwiderskiJune 25, 2013 at 3:21 PM

    I'm with Rosalind. We used to use waxed paper and a comb to make homemade kazoos, too. But I've never heard of using it to make a slide slippery. (Then again, I never HAD a slide...) Good job with the poem, though. Especially the visual SLIPSTREAMFAST part.

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