Realityland – Emily Farnsworth

The corduroy jungle

Under gray flannel skies

With you, my companion,

Partnering my every crime.

The dry rain of autumn

Is our feathery den

And the summer street

Brand naked feet.

Life is an adventure

And so we waste no time

Unlocking its secrets –

In cabinets and drawers,

Disguised in Mommy’s heels

And Daddy’s good Sunday coat.

Life is an adventure,

Manifest in fertile Spring’s bosom,

Cool earth and bright water,

Sunshine in the part in your hair

And the delightful secrecy

Of hiding under the covers

At the foot of the bed.

Life is an adventure –

Eating ice cream after dark,

And a thousand china giggles

Caught in bubble bath globes.

Two feet, two hands,

Two eyes and ears –

All the better, twice the fun.