it’s a stage I guess
this overwhelming joy in stairs
sometimes alone
and sometimes holding our hands
taking two at a time
in a rush to get to the top
then turn right around
and go back down
lifting arms up
in expectation of adult hand
we can try to lead him
to the sidewalk or park
but the concrete steps
magnet him and he climbs again
sometimes a dog distracts
and he barks in recognition bowwow
but mostly it’s the stairs
his body a stair machine
obsessed with the climb
as brain sparks bedazzle with toddler wonder
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