sitting under the gazebo on the benches,
we watch the families play

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a mother lilts to her son
who sits idly in his stroller

a whole family crowded
on the swings

a dad bicycling
with his two children
in tow behind him

a gathering of teens playing
basketball & skate-boarding

their echoed laughs in our ears
as we walk back, through
the city, to our parked car