Wild watering hole
teaming
Probably not the virgin Mary
is burning her shoulders
cooling her feet
guarding probably not the son of God
in her belly
from sharp limbs and flutter boards
A graceful pink togged
child casually cartwheels through the shallows
a friend or brother
belly flopping along behind
through the biomass of
sweaty adults
and shrieking chlorinated
children
Remote control car
enthusiast sets up
in the oval
his monster truck greets and plays tag
with child powered scooters
Laughing Buddha strums
his guitar in the shade
Stern Granny counts sandals
and entices her charges
into critical sun cream
application range
employing
catch and release
tagging each child
with an ice block
