Shenmock

All that autumn her ghost haunted the playground; no wisping phantom, but strident bits and pieces clamoring for attention - a pair of black patent leather shoes waiting expectantly by the teeter-totter. And Sister Teresa had to pry red woolen mittens off the jungle gym every morning. Jimmy Boyle kept seeing her sweater at the swings, its green wooly arms daring him to go higher and trying to tag him "it". And her best friend, Jenny Black could see the flash of her pigtails throwing copper across the kickball field where recess waited to swallow them. The toys vanished from the sandbox every evening leaving nothing but a soft tr