he finally made it across the parking lot to the market the wholewhile reminding himself of being a kid 

                                                                                                            How ridiculous

he knewsaw earlier it was parceledcould smell the lot had been anwas being blacktopped

he thought he provided his approach a wide berth 

                                                       just not wide enough 

he got stuck crossing a portion prepped before he arrived

but doable

            an he didnt want to backtrack to the main street

the prep if he had to guess hed call a crack filler 

                                                     sounded as crass as blacktop wasWHAT  No feathers 

hed look it up when he got home

crossing the lot he had to avoid the sticky hot crack filler it wasnt like if he stepped in it he could scrap it off his sole or dig it out wedged at his heel with a stick like dogshit

OhNo oh no nono

                   Step on a crack, break your momma’s back. 

he excelled at the game as a youngster

was a proficient Jack Be Nimble Jack Be Quick  

   then at homeclean an white as driven snow he found that the product was called  Rubberised Asphalt Crack Filler

Duhhuh

         Keep it simple fool

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