A tiny porcelain teacup
lay buried in the yard,
lost from a lovely tea set.
This lovely yard had seen
tiny cars, a fire engine
action figures and marbles,
all unearthed from beneath weeds
around the old tree trunks, and
under hedge and bushes.
One pink high heeled slipper
probably belonging to a Barbie doll,
was found once,
but that was two years ago
between front fence and sidewalk.
Now this little porcelain teacup,
banded in mauve, emerged
as if by magic, from loosened soil
in an old bed of daffodil bulbs
inside the fence.
There are stories inside this little teacup ~
of fine ladies picnicking on the grass and
calling to the boys playing across the lawn
while the breeze blows from the west.
“Play gives children a chance to
practice what they are learning.”
~ Fred Rogers
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