Broken Bones

My first broken bone in a list of 15 that goes more or less like this:

1. 5 years old, broken leg running down a wet toboggan.
2. 7 years old, broken knee jumping a fence
3. 7 years old, broken ankle falling from a tree.
4. 8 years old, broken finger playing hide and catch.
5. 9 years old, broken finger skiing.
6. 9 years old, broken finger under a falling stone.
7. 10 years old, broken arm skiing.
8. 10 years old, broken broken arm playing soccer.
9. 13 years old, broken wrist skiing.



10. 15 years old, broken arm riding a horse.
11. 18 years old, broken clavicle riding a motorbike.
12. 18 years old, broken rib riding a motorcycle.
13. 20 years old, broken base of a phalanx releasing the anger against a truck.
14. 26 years old, broken toe releasing the anger against an arm chair.
15. 29 years old, broken finger releasing the anger against a wall.

submitted by Maria Augrera de Sojo
Jersey City, New Jersey USA
April 2000