very thank you

 

 

 

 

i saw this little boy

on the beach.

 

i asked if he had found

any shark teeth.

 

he shook his head and said no.

 

i held out my ziplock baggie

which held a handful of teeth.

 

i told him that he could have them.

 

his eyes grew big

with excitement.

he said thank you

and ran to show his mom.

 

as he was running away

with the baggie in his hand,

he turned, looked back,

and yelled,

"very thank you!"

 

i laughed

and thought of david

 at that age.

 

and wished,

for a moment,

that he could be

little again.

 

 

i wondered,

the way parents

of sons do,

why boys can't stay

six and sweet forever,

or at least a little bit longer.