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Look at me! I bolt through Battery Park City. The air is sharp in my chest, piercing wind stinging my skin. I listen to the leaves crackling beneath my feet and watch them swirling around me, caught in the wind. My cheeks are burning red, cold sweat runs down the side of my face. I am 11 years-old and am [...]
The toddler is off, fully clothed, racing into the sprinkler, while the mother yells, “no!” Clearly, she came unprepared. It is a balmy Sunday after Labor Day and the sprinklers in the Park Slope Playground at Lincoln Place, with their calming, water sounds are usually off by now. Today is steamy, however, and perhaps the Parks Department has decided to [...]
