Rub it Out

I typed “rubbers”

into my Google Images search...

 with trepidation

and a little fear. 

For no reason! 

Today is Rubber/Eraser Day.

I remember,

“when I was young”,

how cool rubbers were. 

 There were so many colours

and sizes and types. 

 Some even smelled nicely,

 though few did a good job

 of rubbing out your work...

But, then again,

you couldn’t use

any of the rubbers

in your rubber collection! 

They were too good!

Imagine how much bragging power

you would have

if these rubbers

were in your rubber collection! 

 (I do remember being separated

from a friend in Year Four

 because we had built a house

for our (very plain and boring)

rubbers! 

Today’s a day for me

to re-live a time

 from my childhood!

 Photos from here,

here and here.