Learning Death

Sometime in early life we learn about death

Like all little people I played
with other small people.
We played in a park nearby.
One of the mothers would
watch us and stand guard.
My friend had a brother in
High School who collected
leaves of plants for a project.
We would help and get
leaves and flowers from the park.
We also ran around chasing butterflies.
My friend caught one and put it
in a notebook…