Saturday, January 3, 2009

(for the children)

very soon
probably today
someone will want you to be
smarter, quicker, straighter, taller
hairier, prettier, stickier, smaller
stumpier, less willowy
bony-er, less pillowy
smilier, curlier, burlier, meaner
pricklier, sillier, lighter, cleaner
(did I forget anything?)
well, do what you must
but what the world really needs
is for you to be more...more...
what was your name again?
yes. you. more you.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I wish someone had given me this poem when I was about 10 yrs. old.

Anonymous said...

What happen? They keep telling me I can't leave a message.

I will repeat it here;

I wish someone had given me this poem when I was about 10 yrs'old.