The Loss of Innocence

 

Playing

Frolicking

Jumping climbing

Barefoot

Meandering

Through leafy splendour

Careening through pillowy piles

Newly fallen

Leaves

Running about foot in front of foot

Suddenly to find a rake

With its tines in your sole

Its haft in your face

 

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