Which is when I remembered being young and playing a game with other kids in the park. And then this poem mostly wrote itself.
Statues in the Park
by Kelly Ramsdell
One with the power to stop,
one with the power to release,
all others quite willing
to stop when tagged,
to hold their position
as long as it took until they
were freed, or the game ended.
Who can forget freeze tag?
Who can remember
how to be released?
You can read the other poems here, which include further references to freeze tag (aka the "statue game") as well as to actual statues.
Tanita
Sara
Laura
Tricia
Liz
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