Balance

I am ten and visiting
My grandparents in
West Frankfurt along
With my sister Penny
Who is in her mid teens,
We and some cousins
Are playing on the four
Foot wall, all that is left
Of the House that burned
Down next door to our
Grandparents home.
Roughly rectangular,
The wall is wide enough
To walk along and Penny
Is balancing as she walks
And talks and I am scouting
The ground for the buried
Money our Grandma
Mentioned was rumored
To be buried somewhere
Around the wall, a clever
Way of getting me out of
Her house for awhile.
Suddenly I hear Penny
Yell in pain and I rush
To help but my cousins get
To her first and Grandma
Hears and comes to look,
Penny has broken her leg
And will be spending more
Time in the house on North
Anna street than planned.
She has an awesome cast
Signed by lots of cousins,
I get sent back home to
Belleville and never find
The buried money in
The walls though other
Cousins younger but growing
Will take up the search on
Hot summer days when
Grandma needs some
Relief from us.