Sugarfoot Pond

we walked together

down the dirt road

to Sugarfoot Pond

holdin' hands

not sayin' nuthin

just walkin'

and lookin' at the ground

my heart was beatin' so hard

i could feel it in my hand

at least i think it was my heart

it was hard tellin' if it were mine

or his

a bird started makin' some racket

and he said, hush up, you crazy bird!

and the bird, it stopped yappin'

just like that

i said, why you do that, Jimmy?

why you tell that bird to hush?

and he said

i was just countin' your heartbeats

and you know what?

i think they's the same as mine!

i laughed at Jimmy

but he was real serious lookin'

and so then

i started lookin' 

real serious at him

right back

and then that crazy Jimmy

he starts squawkin'

real loud

just like that bird

and so

we squawked

down the dirt road

together

not doin' nuthin'

but squawkin'

all the way down

to Sugarfoot Pond.

Rene ~ 2013