Wednesday, August 02, 2006

I Only Regret It Isn't a Haiku

Today during afternoon snack a five year old boy, one of my favorites, casually spoke what I immediately recognized to be a poem, short but profound. The title is mine.

America
I know what's good for you:
Milk and Apple Pie.
I can make a fist.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

that's beautiful.
god bless you, america.

Blogadier General said...

I recently came across a book of Jack Kerouac "haikus" in a used bookstore. He decided he didn´t have to follow the 17 syllable structure as long as his poem honored the essense of the haiku form, or something. Tell your little friend he´s way ahead of his time, either as a literary pioneer or as a complete douchebag.