By Misti
Date: 2002 Apr 18
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The Path I Picked

put a gold star on my chart
for eating my peas and carrots
and saying Please and Thank You
then placate me with a passionate kiss
I miss passionate kisses
thinking about near misses
other paths
maybe too muddy
for my patent leather shoes
I'm a puddle
you jump in and blame me for the splash
could you write a paragraph about the pleasure
loving me brings?
it's a ping pong match
back and forth and on the floor
looking for the ball
I knew it all when I was five
bring back the anarchy
the box of peeled
broken crayons
the hour on the playground
with passive kids to boss around
all kinds of finds
frogs and magic rocks
and the thrill of seeing an airplane
tear through the sky
pass the pecan pie
I've been good.