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Car Rides & Action Figures






Ohhhh… how I remember back in the days

when my parents drove--slowly--the breeze blowing

my puffy bangs side swept after a long day of play with friends

curled up on the backseat with a Care Bear doll or a Shera action figure on my lap; fast-

asleep.

Nary a worry in the world except

what’s for dinner and what’s on tv at 4:00? No sharpness.

Not Breyonna’s life left in puddles or watching as George besought him for air; just one

more breath that could have given back life and time and possibility. Or Ahmaud’s

memory being defiled with lies and trickery that will take a mastermind to untangle.

Ohhhh… how I remember back in the days

I remember them with fondness and sorrow

sorrow because the young people of today will never know the simplicity of a long slow

drive curled up on the backseat with a Care Bear doll or a Shera action figure on their

laps while they lay fast-asleep.

One with nary a worry in the world except what’s for dinner and what’s on tv at 4:00. No

sharpness.

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