barefoot summer creek

summers in the cabin on the creek,  
strawbale bedroom with the cool stone floor.
one daughter feeds watermelon rinds
to her mustang, one daughter
pushes her baby sister 
in a swing hung from an oak tree limb,
growing out the creek bed. sofa sized
stones, roots and swing chains
ensnarl their eagle claws
over time's slippery facade. dragonflies
and tall grass and a billion
ash and alder shoots, 
go barefoot.
each toe
leaps