Cheeks painted.
A sun on the right.
A heart on the left.
A beaming smile,
Stretching from ear to ear,
Crushing the face paint.
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A slight gap between the
Two front teeth,
And vampirish canines.
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A cheap dress she wore,
Her favourite dress.
Long and grey, with black stitching.
A sequin heart with wings on her chest.
Black jeans perfecting the gothic style.
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Almost platinum blonde hair
Weakly tied into a plait, and baby hairs
Fleeing the flouncy structure.
The thin streaks of gold made her look
Identical to the sun on her cheek.
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Running to those fountains,
she dipped her toe in.
Cold on the surface,
warmer beneath it.
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Another toe, and another,
until her entire foot was submerged.
Repeated with the other foot.
Slow and steady.
Step by step.
Tiny toddlers dashing
through the water,
waves erupting from each
footstep.
Deeper into the water.
Big boys pretending they’re
surfer dudes.
This was dangerous territory.
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Took slower steps.
Became a target.
She was so focused on
how she moved,
She didn’t even see the toddler,
Rampaging towards her.
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With a massive splash,
She landed on the floor
of the fountain.
Her face directly on the
largest spout.
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The fountain turned on,
Sending a gushing spray
of chlorinated,
Urine-filled water straight
into her nose,
Ears,
And mouth.
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She stood up,
What’s mum going to say?
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I started to laugh.
Hysterically.
After a minute,
I turned around.
White fire in her eyes.
She was livid.
I waded towards her,
Trying to supress a smile.
Her lips tightened.
I was not about to be
laughing soon enough.
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“I thought I told you to be careful.”
To my surprise, there were no screams,
shouts, and even no tellings-off.
A tsunami of relief washed over me.
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“But we do need a towel and
some clothes for you,”
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And with that, I squelched
my way to the town centre,
With mum and I in hysterics
for most of the time.
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