Just, just tall enough
For inherited swimsuit
For further than half the pool
To go where siblings have
Boldly gone for years
Just, just furious enough
To send the Olympic sized pool boiling
Frog-like stroke churning water white
Just enough for me to watch
Her survive and become
Just enough to have ears ringing
From laughter
Ricocheting off tiled walls
Don’t Run, Don’t run away from me
On your longer
And longer, and longer legs
Written by Martin Cathcart Frödén.
Cover photo by Mariano Nocetti.