042: how to summer.

1. shake mud out of rubber boots. make room for new mud.
2. follow little brother into unknown woods.
3. decide you don’t want to get dirty.
4. get dirty anyway.
5. scrape thighs on thorns.
6. get whacked in face by rain-wet shrub.
7. creep low through thickets.
8. remember being small and not having to duck.
9. find reservoir hill. gaze awhile.
10. tramp your way home.
11. pull off sweaty boots. leave in garage.
12. rinse mud off legs and feet in bathtub.
13. count two new scrapes, three new bruises.
14. comb sticks and sprigs from tangled hair.
15. soothe knees and shins with aloe vera.
16. watch the rain start again.