Alternately,
a study in
fun,
slimy,
squirmy things: in the
late spring/
early summer, if you live near a
stream, if you're 10 or 11, if you're
quick and
industrious, a device to frighten the
girly girls. Your shoes are full of
mud, your
mother rolls her eyes, you're proud and
giddy, swinging that bucket between your legs,
jeans wet plastered on, watching the lil'
froggies dive
kamikaze off the rim.