THERE IS A PLACE I LOVE TO GO
A NICE BIG PLAYGROUND,
LOTS OF SLIDES, SWINGS AND OTHER FUN THINGS
MY SISTERS AND I RUN ALL AROUND.

THERE IS ALSO A BIG PLAY LOT ON THE SIDE
IT IS FILLED WITH LOOSE SAND,
HAS A BIG SCOOP DIGGER YOU SIT ON
OR CAN PICK IT UP USING A SHOVEL WITH YOUR HAND.

WE LIKE THE GIANT TALL TUNNEL SLIDE
STAND WAY UP AT THE TOP,
GRANNY IS WAITING DOWN BELOW - AWAY WE GO
LAND ON THE GROUND WE SUDDENLY DROP.

THERE ARE RUNGS TO CLIMB UP
SEVERAL TIMES I'VE BEEN BRAVE AND HAVE GONE,
IT GOES UP TO A LANDING UP ABOVE
HAVE TO USE BOTH HANDS TO HOLD ON.

I BEG DADDY TO PUSH ME IN THE SWINGS REAL HIGH
THEY GO WAY OUT IN THE AIR,
UP THERE REACHING FOR THE SKY
TO JUMP OUT - I WOULD NOT EVEN DARE.

THERE IS ALL KINDS OF EQUIPMENT
TO PLAY ON AND HAVE LOTS OF SUMMER FUN,
A LITTLE MOUNTAIN YOU CAN CLIMB ON
WOBBLING WALKS TO CROSS TRAVELING AT A RUN.

WE OFTEN GO ON A PICNIC
EAT SANDWICHES, THIS IS A FUN PLACE TO BE,
WATCHED A LITTLE SQUIRREL EAT BREAD
HE SAT ON A LIMB IN THE BIG SHADE TREE.

WE CELEBRATED MY SISTER'S BIRTHDAY
THIS SUMMER SHE TURNED SEVEN,
I ALSO HAD MY FIFTH BIRTHDAY PARTY HERE TOO
MY OLDEST SISTER PLAYS BALL, SHE IS ELEVEN.

I DRESSED UP IN MY PIRATE OUTFIT - WORE AN EYE PATCH
ASKED MY MOTHER FOR A CANNON BALL PIRATE CAKE,
MY TWO AUNTS AND GRANNY ALWAYS COME TO OUR PARTIES
SHIPS AND PIRATES - ON THE WALL MOM DID DECORATE.

WHEN WE GO, WE OFTEN PLAY WITH OTHER CHILDREN
THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO,
ONCE WE JOINED A GROUP THAT HAD A WATER SLIDE
IT HAD RAINED AND WE HAD A LOT OF FUN TOO !

I OFTEN BEG MY MOM TO TAKE ME TO THE PARK
AFTER CHURCH ON A SUNNY SUMMER AFTERNOON,
IT IS A NICE PLACE TO GO EAT FRIED CHICKEN
PERHAPS I WILL GET TO GO AGAIN VERY SOON.


Written.....September 6, 2008
I wrote this little poem for my Grandson. He loves to go to this
park. He would ask his mom to take him almost every time we went
to town to shop. Often we would go to McDonald's, get some chicken
nuggets and go to the park to eat. He was in preschool then and we
would let him play until time to pick the other two girls up from
regular school. He got out at noon. A nice shady park to be.

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