A boy pulled a girl
in a wheeled cart
around the basketball court.
She sat upright and sorrowful,
a skinny princess
with regal bearing
gaze downward in gloom.
The boy suddenly shifted.
He trotted and tilted
and the ride grew wilder.
Her eyes opened wide, awake.
She clung to the sides-
now at attention!
But she bounced out the back anyway,
tumbled to the ground
prostrate.
The playground was silent.
She started to laugh.