We chased <br />yesterday’s news <br /> <br />all over <br />the grass <br /> <br />laughed <br />as the old newspapers <br /> <br />ran this <br />way & that <br /> <br />“kites <br />without strings” <br /> <br />We pretended them. <br /> <br />Just add wind <br />& presto...fun! <br /> <br />We were easily pleased. <br /> <br />Later, when the wind <br />was having a rest <br /> <br />& the papers <br />lay exhausted <br /> <br />panting at our feet <br /> <br />we decided <br />to play <br /> <br />“blankets” <br /> <br />tucking ourselves <br />up in <br />yesterday’s news. <br /> <br />I had the soccer section <br />all over me. <br /> <br />You had taken <br />all the headlines. <br /> <br />We falling <br />asleep hand in hand. <br /> <br />You, my first girlfriend. <br />I, your first boyfriend.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ah-where-are-the-newspapers-of-yesterday/
