"This is how you skip" she said
jumping over
the turned rope.
But Benny wasn't interested
and said so.
"What you want
to do then?" she said.
He suggested they go
to Meadow Row bomb site
so he could collect
small stones
for his catapult.
She pulled a face and said
"How long for?"
He said until he had
enough for war.
So they walked
from the Square
and down the slope
and up Meadow Row
to the bomb site.
He collected
small stones
with her help.
She had her
skip-rope tucked
in a pocket of her dress.
After fifteen minutes
he said he had enough
and so he showed her
how to fire the catapult.
"Do girls fire catapults?"
she said.
"Sure they do"
he said.
She did what
he showed her.
The stone sped past
the tin-can.
Pigeons flew up
in the air in fright.
He showed her again
and she fired the stone
and it hit the can
and spun it over.
She was pleased
she had done it.
"Better than skip-rope"
she said.
He let her have
another go
and she did it again.
Then the skies darkened
and it began to rain.
Apr 9, 2018
Apr 9, 2018 at 3:22 AM UTC
"This is how you skip" she said
jumping over
the turned rope.
But Benny wasn't interested
and said so.
"What you want
to do then?" she said.
He suggested they go
to Meadow Row bomb site
so he could collect
small stones
for his catapult.
She pulled a face and said
"How long for?"
He said until he had
enough for war.
So they walked
from the Square
and down the slope
and up Meadow Row
to the bomb site.
He collected
small stones
with her help.
She had her
skip-rope tucked
in a pocket of her dress.
After fifteen minutes
he said he had enough
and so he showed her
how to fire the catapult.
"Do girls fire catapults?"
she said.
"Sure they do"
he said.
She did what
he showed her.
The stone sped past
the tin-can.
Pigeons flew up
in the air in fright.
He showed her again
and she fired the stone
and it hit the can
and spun it over.
She was pleased
she had done it.
"Better than skip-rope"
she said.
He let her have
another go
and she did it again.
Then the skies darkened
and it began to rain.
