I walk and walk and slip into military cadence. Your left, your left, your left right left. But the chant becomes a distraction. I need to survey what’s ahead, hazards big and small, and I’m still irked about the dog shit caked in the treads of one shoe. I haven’t yet found a puddle where I might rinse some stink…
Dave Cameron
Dave Cameron is an essayist and writer of books for kids, including Other Words for Nonno.