My Pirate Self
I’ve been a pirate since I was seven
And read Pippi Longstockings.
I’ve been a pirate since Swiss
Family Robinson came onto the
Screen, and I was allowed to see it.
I’ve been a pirate since
Realized that pirates get to
Do what they want,
Not having mothers.
I’ve been a pirate since
I fell in love with Peter Pan.
And sometimes I would
Switch from Pirate to
Peter Pan, not wanting
A mother to tell me
What to do.
I’ve been a pirate,
And a lone wolf, and
Trixie Belden, girl detective.
With my friend, Honey Wheeler.
Yes, I have been all of
These and more, based on
The book I was reading at
The moment. We did not
Have lots of movies when
I was growing up.
But we had lots
And lots of books.
I spent two or three
Summers in the back
Forty about thirty feet
Up a double Cottonwood
Tree, with sandwiches,
And red Koolaid,
Reading a pile of books.
Not a book.
Not two books.
A pile of books.
And I did not come
Down until I heard
My mother yell my
Last warning, which
Meant my first,
Middle, and last
Name.
When I heard that
I knew I had better
Hightail it out of
That treehouse,
And land in my
Supper-eating chair.
Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2018
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