Children Are Literal
Oatmeal pie on your face? Doesn’t make sense.
Not pie, just oatmeal. I am fixing my complexion.
What is wrong with it?
Nothing. I am maintaining.
Maintaining your skin?
Maintaining everything; I do my rear end too.
You put oatmeal on your petootsie?
I sit in it.
I ponder this for a while,
Not able to wrap my mind around it.
Not realizing she means oatmeal water.
People do not understand children are literal.
When my daddy told me he ordered a car with bucket seats
I was angry with him until it arrived.
Thinking it was going to be horrible to sit in.
Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2020
Post Comments
Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem.
Please
Login
to post a comment