River Teeth

River Teeth: A lot of Tomorrows

Lavinia Spalding

We are at the dinner table when my young son asks, “The day after a lot of tomorrows, will we build a treehouse?” I want to scoop him in my arms, this boy so eager and fresh, so tall his forehead meets my shoulder. If I could, I would lift his body above mine and set him on the wooden platform of the tree house in my childhood back yard.

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