Tap Dancing on the Roof by Linda Sue Park

Author:Linda Sue Park [Park, Linda Sue]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Botany Lesson

Mom pampers her houseplants, talks to them,

tells them to stand up tall.

But sometimes they give up, lie down, go brown.

They should learn from the weeds—

pushing through the pavement cracks,

smart, tough. Keeping at it, staying green.

Laundry

I love sitting among the heaps of warm, soft, clean-smelling clothes.

My mom folds. I try to match socks, imagining them in Heaven:

Cries of surprise, then celebration! Joyful reunions!

Shower

Hurry, wash fast, sister's used up most of the hot water again.

Soap, scrub, rinse. Rub and wrap. Hair shining, skin glowing, smelling fine:

From a tiled cocoon, a butterfly with terrycloth wings.

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