Looks of Envy

It's a warm sunny day. There are no clouds in the sky. The wind is blowing, and the air is as warm as if it were late spring.

There was no school today. So the boys have been riding bikes inspecting the bulky trash pickup piles that litter the neighborhood this week, and they've been hanging around. Right now, they're playing. Yes: playing.

These 17 year old boys are on the lawn playing in the sun with Hot Wheels cars. The decades-old orange track is draped from the Ash tree to a ladder with a loop in between and from there to a chair near the curb with another loop at the end.

Periodically a shout goes up, or a moan, or they all break out laughing. And periodically the dog barks as he watches from inside. And the younger kids from down the street ride by on their bikes with looks of envy in their eyes.

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