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