Ricky's Crib

Ricky really wants to be a rich kid He’ll live in a castle, big and purple The giant swimming pool filled with rubber ducks There will be a secret underground room It will be filled with endless really cool toys Ricky’s gonna soak in a big hot tub The castle will be called his special crib There will be free concerts by Rap artist There’ll be birthday parties that never end He will drive fast cars on his private track © Copyright G. Jones 2008 Author’s Note: This was a conversation I recorded from speaking with one of my sixteen year old autistic high school students I work with. I created a poem from his words and presented it to him. He said, nobody had ever written anything for him before. It hangs now on the wall in our special school room. He and I are very proud.