Hopscotch deconstructed
revealed as snow melts
on a rainy path by the lake.
A game well travelled brings joy or
death for the final step
jumps you back to oblivion
in Barcelona’s concrete paradise of bells.
In a built up city you dive into
imaginary subterranean rivers
flowing quietly under the streets
children play on.
Let there be smiles, let there
be lau…