The Playground

A little girl spits on a scorching metal slide
It immediately bubbles into steam

An ice cream man hands a child a popsicle
After thirty years in IT, his work is finally appreciated

An overprotective mother straps a helmet to her son
It is not for him
It is for her
But he does not understand this yet

A nerd child examines a climbable geodesic dome
He’s never been a happier nerd child

The wind knocks a tablet computer out of a kid’s hand
But the wind was actually the smiling ghost of the jungle gym

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IF YOU LEAN BACK AND CLOSE YOUR EYES ON THE SWINGS…

…IT FEELS EXACTLY LIKE A JOB INTERVIEW

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Hair underwater looks like hair blowing in the wind in slow motion