Saturday, April 09, 2016
Jack
Jack
Mama gave me my own camera
for my eighteenth birthday.
She seems to believe
that I could profit from studying the world
instead of always trying to get the world
to look at me.
Your plot backfired, Mama.
The herefords are watching.
And behind the shed, so's Henry.
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2016
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Poetry Month 2016,
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Love the line: She seems to believe
ReplyDeletethat I could profit from studying the world
instead of always trying to get the world
to look at me.
Perfect word choice -I feel like I know him and his mother!!
Clare
Ha! Great humour. Love that mum - and son's rascal response. :)
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