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Tonka 23 April 2014
If one truly finds
the world in a grain of sand
then universes
resound with every load
my truck adds to my castle.
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Tonka 22 April 2014
Tiny steam roller
so very effective at
flattening my roads --
I wonder how well you'd work
at rolling out my pie dough?
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Tonka 21 April 2014
With my steam shovel
I excavate basements
for the whole city.
And when barbarians come
it works as a catapult!
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Tonka 20 April 2014
This beautiful day
the city streets are empty.
They've gone to the beach
where the horde of tiny trucks
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Tonka 19 April 2014
Its opening night,
The dignitaries arrive
In their gleaming cars.
Of course, in my sandbox town
They are all yellow dump trucks.
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Tonka 18 April 2014
Puddles like oceans
Devour sandy skyscrapers
As April rains fall.
Come afternoon sun shining
They will rise beneath rainbows!
ETA: Ok, I know no rewrites, I know, but the fourth line is making my teeth ache.
( A slightly different fourth line ) -
Tonka 17 April 2014
Like metal ducklings,
tiny trucks follow large ones
down sandbox highways.
Do they see the Interstate
and dream of rolling down it?
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Tonka 16 April 2014
Gleaming wheels spinning,
Churning sand furiously,
The motorcycle
Hurtles across the abyss
Carved just now by my shovel.
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Tonka that should have been 15 April 2014
(This one doesn't actually count, since I wrote it this morning, but it's inspired on yesterday's 250 mile drive home from Redding)
Parade of box vans
Sporting varied liveries
Speed along the road.
Vultures atop the billboards
Ponder morsels zooming by.
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Tonka 14 April 2104
One scoop at a time
The aerial sand loader
Loads up the dump truck.
Just how many bucketfuls
Are in my backyard sandbox?