That Childhood Game

 

I remember the huge puff

that blew the dandelion seeds 

all 

off

to fly away on the air, 

and you had to

get the lot

in one whoosh.

I can’t 

remember why – 

any of it. 

Something

about love … ?

Do you think 

I’m getting 

old?

A quadrille for dVerse's Q251 Light Burst of Air

(A quadrille is a poem of 44 words excluding title. And including one compulsory word, in this case 'puff'.)