They sit in a row br outside the kindergarten, br black, red, brown, all br with those brass buckles. br Remember when you couldn't br buckle your own br overshoe br or tie your own br overshoe br or tie your own shoe br or cut your own meat br and the tears br running down like mud br because you fell off your br tricycle? br Remember, big fish, br when you couldn't swim br and simply slipped under br like a stone frog? br The world wasn't br yours. br It belonged to br the big people. br Under your bed br sat the wolf br and he made a shadow br when cars passed by br at night. br They made you give up br your nightlight br and your teddy br and your thumb.