Playing in a mud puddle,
Naked to the world,
Filling up a bottle,
Browner than a squirrel.
Running in the rain,
Glad to be a child,
not a hint of pain,
running free and wild.
Jumping in the brown pool,
Splashing all around,
Crawling like a crazy fool,
On the wet and soggy ground.
Like a naked savage,
Mud plastered on my face,
Water colored memories,
Of another time and place.
6/2/10 29 palms ca.
Juan Olivarez
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/playing-in-a-mud-puddle/
