summer arrives with a length of lights

[squeegieworm]

i wonder about the people who lived here before
before the people we bought the house from- they didn't have any children
but there must have been children here once

two spans of rope hang from the tallest tree
they are tied with a knot at the bottom, to keep them from tangling in the overgrown bushes nearby
i wonder what happened to the seat of the swing?
was it a tire? was it a wooden plank?
what was the inspiration to tear it from its legs, its wings?

i climb like a monkey onto the ropes
trying to fly
leaves from the side attack me, they haven't been hedged for years
i wonder why