I

Pogo Stick

 

 

 

My mom’s had it in her garage since we were little.

 

 

 

Before that, it was in someone else’s garage.

 

 

 

It goes—

SPRINK-SPRANK-SPRINK-SPRANK!

SPRINK-SPRANK-SPRINK-SPRANK!

 

 

 

SPRINK-SPRANK-SPRINK-SPRANK

SPRINK-SPRANK-SPRINK-SPRANK!

 

 

 

Akiva wants me to let you know that his record number of hops is 84 in a row.

 

 

 

II

SUPERMAN

said Ma, as she pointed to the sky!

 

 

 

Then the kids ran

 

 

 

mad circles in the grass,

 

 

 

mirroring the superhero’s gyre

 

 

 

as he flew above the yard.

 

 

 

When at last the man of steel

 

 

 

tumbled from the sky—

 

 

 

the world as we imagined it was over.