What I Heard at the Playground

What I heard at the playground

Holden, why won’t you follow directions?

What I’d like to hear

Pandora, don’t open that

Dorothy, if you keep banging your shoes together, they’ll wear out

Olive, please be nice to the other children

Odysseus, make sure you go straight home

Aureliano, it’s just ice, you’ve seen ice before

Persephone, stop putting things in your mouth.

Ishmael, just tell her your name

Thurman and Reggie, stop fighting. Here’s another straw, you can both stir

Ahab, please leave the little white dog alone

Juliet, get away from that boy

Warren, Johnny, play today, it’s supposed to rain tomorrow

Winston, you’d think you didn’t know that 2 + 2 = 4

Guy, please take better care of your books

Dean, just play here for a while, and then we can get on the road

Oh, Cassie, don’t worry, there is no way that boy will fall off the swing

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