along the street
hanged by the wall
these NUMBERS
as if to shout, “home”.
I remember, I remember…
the tall, big GATE
that opened and closed
singing each day
“hello and goodbye”.
I remember, I remember…
the giant TREE
whose leaves waved in glee
round and round its trunk
“Yippeee” we skipped and jumped.
I remember, I remember…
in this LOBBY
small shoes, big shoes march
slide and shuffle, sweep and scrub
til its planks shone clean and bright.
I remember, I remember…
strange the KITCHEN smell
where all the hungry gather’d
to share a foodie
a king would envy.
I remember, I remember…
by this STAIRCASE of lovely tiles
like a mountain, up we climbed
like a valley, down we tumbled
hippity-high, tippity-low.
I remember, I remember…
on fancy mats we rolled,
we sang, we danced, we played
but on these DESKS of green
we wrote, we drew, we ate and laughed!
I remember, I remember…
the many, many days
we dressed in SHIRTS
of green, of white
soldiers off to work, to play.
I remember, I remember…
travelled we each day
in every story
in every BOOK
found we villains, found we heroes.
I remember, I remember…
these FRIENDS of mine
gray-haired plus some wrinkles
keep in their eyes - a wink, a twinkle
and always in my story laugh.
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