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Afternoons

In the floor
on his belly
time yields
to fantasy.
Childhood
envelops universe.
Plastic trains become
mighty iron horses
surging across continents,
ferrying masses of tiny soldiers,
delivering tinker-toy freight,
avoiding disastrous chasms
between tile and carpet.

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