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Tonka 30 April 2014 (afternoon)
Apr. 30th, 2014 06:28 pmAh, the best laid schemes...
We dined betwixt earth and sky
enfolded by clouds.
No overlord's view informs
the next sandbox city plan.
Tonka 30 April 2014 (morning)
Apr. 30th, 2014 09:18 amLess rain this morning,
so I pore over our maps
plotting our sortie
into the blustery day
with grand engineering plans.
Tonka 29 April 2014
Apr. 29th, 2014 11:28 pmRain pelts my city
and the towering spires melt
into island mounds.
Tomorrow I shall simply
launch my fleet of motorboats!
Tonka 28 April 2014
Apr. 28th, 2014 11:12 pmNo hard hat needed
To begin new construction
When our brand new trucks
Emerge from their packages
To trundle across the sand.
Tonka 27 April 2014
Apr. 28th, 2014 12:36 amBeautiful Oz girls
say "dump truck, steam shovel, and
bulldozer" this round.
With all three we can rebuild
Emerald City tonight!
Tonka 26 April 2014
Apr. 27th, 2014 01:51 amIt's after midnight
and I haven't gone to sleep,
which means I can still
attempt to compose today's
sandbox and toy truck verses.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. :-)
Tonka 25 April 2014
Apr. 25th, 2014 10:30 pmI dressed my dolls up
("action figures" if you must)
in wild crazy things.
How, I ask you, can one make
spandex look good on dump trucks?
Tonka 24 April 2014
Apr. 24th, 2014 11:26 pmStrapped in a tin can
Flying to a northern land
I gain sympathy
for plastic paratroopers
tangled in neighborhood trees.
( paratroopers? )
Tonka 23 April 2014
Apr. 23rd, 2014 01:14 pmIf one truly finds
the world in a grain of sand
then universes
resound with every load
my truck adds to my castle.
Tonka 22 April 2014
Apr. 22nd, 2014 03:58 pmTiny steam roller
so very effective at
flattening my roads --
I wonder how well you'd work
at rolling out my pie dough?
Tonka 21 April 2014
Apr. 21st, 2014 01:04 pmWith my steam shovel
I excavate basements
for the whole city.
And when barbarians come
it works as a catapult!
Tonka 20 April 2014
Apr. 20th, 2014 09:24 pmThis beautiful day
the city streets are empty.
They've gone to the beach
where the horde of tiny trucks
builds fantastic sand castles.
Tonka 19 April 2014
Apr. 19th, 2014 08:33 pmIt's opening night,
The dignitaries arrive
In their gleaming cars.
Of course, in my sandbox town
They are all yellow dump trucks.
Tonka 18 April 2014
Apr. 18th, 2014 12:43 pmPuddles like oceans
Devour sandy skyscrapers
As April rains fall.
Come afternoon sun shining
They will rise beneath rainbows!
ETA: Ok, I know no rewrites, I know, but the fourth line is making my teeth ache.
Tonka 17 April 2014
Apr. 17th, 2014 01:16 pmLike metal ducklings,
tiny trucks follow large ones
down sandbox highways.
Do they see the Interstate
and dream of rolling down it?
Tonka 16 April 2014
Apr. 16th, 2014 12:49 pmGleaming wheels spinning,
Churning sand furiously,
The motorcycle
Hurtles across the abyss
Carved just now by my shovel.
Tonka that should have been 15 April 2014
Apr. 16th, 2014 09:39 am(This one doesn't actually count, since I wrote it this morning, but it's inspired on yesterday's 250 mile drive home from Redding)
Parade of box vans
Sporting varied liveries
Speed along the road.
Vultures atop the billboards
Ponder morsels zooming by.
Tonka 14 April 2104
Apr. 14th, 2014 06:46 pmOne scoop at a time
The aerial sand loader
Loads up the dump truck.
Just how many bucketfuls
Are in my backyard sandbox?
Tonka 13 April 2014
Apr. 13th, 2014 09:07 pmGreen plastic soldiers
Man miniature weapons
defending the town,
never suspecting the true
threat is the city's builder.
