Kombii

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Raincoat Hopscotch

Pineapple Bicycle

The sky had been practicing

its serious face all morning.

Kombii went out anyway.

It had a hill to climb.

The hill had other plans.

Halfway up, a root stuck out

its foot, like a crooked jack in

the box.

Kombii tripped.

The root apologized.

Kombii bowed.

Nobody seemed particularly

concerned.

Farther along, Kombii climbed

over a log, carried three sticks

for no particular reason,

and hopped across six stones.

The seventh was busy.

A pineapple had parked

its bicycle there.

A worm was checking

the tire pressure.

Kombii went around.

Then the sky opened.

Rain bounced off the leaves.

The trail turned slippery.

A puddle swallowed

three umbrellas.

Nobody saw the irony.

One began rowing.

Kombii opened its pack.

A yo-yo.

Half a coconut.

Half a map.

And a yellow raincoat

with far too many buttons.

Kombii put it on.

The hood fell over its eyes.

Kombii walked into a

bromeliad.

Three frogs fell out.

The bromeliad took it

as a compliment.

Kombii pushed back the hood

and kept going.

Its feet found the stones.

Its legs followed the bends.

A slippery root tried

something ambitious.

Kombii hopped sideways.

Then sideways again.

Soon the whole trail

was playing hopscotch.

The rain kept raining.

Kombii kept wandering.

At the bottom of the hill,

the clouds finally wandered off.

Kombii was muddy.

The raincoat was crooked.

One button was missing.

A strawberry had somehow

ended up in the hood.

Kombii ate it.

A frog floated downstream

on a watermelon slice.

It played the guitar.

It appeared to know

all the words.

The moon smiled upside down.

The earth whispered, "Wheee."

And there are popsicles on

Thursdays.

Clouds move

Bring a raincoat

— Spunky Mind

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