Typewriter Rodeo: Barton Springs

Barton Springs (for Callie)

I do not need

Ice cream

I do not need

A good book

I do not even need

Some bouncy music

Nope

What gets my blood pumped up

What gives me

The best tingles

Is that wide stretch

Of clear water

Are those grassy hills

Leading down down

To icy perfection

And here I am

On the edge

Some folks like to dip in a toe

Or finger

But I am the person

Who dives all in

Ohhhhhhh yes

I do not need

Anything

Else

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