The kindergartener stares, forgetting to suck on her glazed thumb. “You’re Sarah?”
I nod. Why the awe when I’ve just met this sprout and her mother at the park?
“Sarah’s the name of her imaginary friend,” Mom apologizes.
The child grabs my hand. “Let’s play.”
I’ve never felt more real.
Sarah E. Morin has published two books, Waking Beauty and Rapunzel the Hairbrained. Sarah E. is a past Premier Poet of Poetry Society of Indiana, Secretary of Community Education Arts, and editor of The Polk Street Review. Visit her at sarahemorin.net.