VJs Weekly Challenge – What a child knows
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“Time is a game played beautifully by children.” Heraclitus
In The Now
Where did all this water
come from, look tadpoles,
hear the birds,
feel the grass,
ice cream, ice cream,
dragonflies, wow,
quick let’s go there,
no, here,
silly, so slow, come on,
you’ve missed it,
it’s gone now,
shoes, where’s my shoes?
O, there they are,
I’m hungry, cake?
Yes, cake,
more cake?
not sandwiches, cake,
can I run now?
Do we really have to go?
Whys? I’m having fun,
can I stay, please?
Come on,
Five more minutes?
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
parallax 
Clever, light-hearted poem.
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O to be a child, all that wonder and immediacy.
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😊
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This made me smile – a child’s mind is not restricted by time. Love it!
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I still think that way a little, gets me into so much trouble, thank you for that VJ.
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I’m trying to regain that quality. I think it is called ‘wonder’.
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Yes, I think you’re right 🙂 let there be more.
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Very much the essence of childhood.
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I still succumb 🙂
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3 minutes. Not one more… 😉
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But, but …. 😉
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How I would love to go back to living in the timeless now.
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Me too. I still do – gets me into trouble too.
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You are describing a wonderful environment, and perfect situation. Lets go back into the childhood. 🙂
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If only … 😉
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😉 The world always is open for possibilities.
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So true, best to be a glass overflowing. 🙂
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Ten more minutes then 🙂
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
HOW COULD A PARENT SAY NO? BUT THEY DO—BEING ALL PACKED UP AND READY TO GO…!
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Thank you Jonathan.
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Yuppers!
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🙂
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Oh I can just hear those eager voices. Lovely memories 🙂
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Yes, I’ve never forgotten, sometimes I’m still being that child 🙂
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I’m delighted to hear it. Never lose that inner (or outer) child!
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No, so true, we must nurture it.
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Oh so true – love the way you have expressed the ways of a child us and ours
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Yes, absolutely ours, and us. 🙂
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