10 POUND KEY —

I have to do 10 pounds of homework
Or my dad just won’t let me be
I have to draw lines
Cross t's and dot i's
Find rhymes and
Divide by degree

I have to do 10 pounds of homework
Or my dad just won’t let me go
He traps me right here
Straps me up in the chair
As I look up from
Way down below

I have to do 10 pounds of homework
or my dad just won’t let me be
He says to measure the space
Of the perimeter pace
And he laughs while
I’m climbing a tree

I have to do 10 pounds of homework
Or my dad just won’t let me go
He keeps saying wait
Make sure that it’s straight
Be quiet and stay
Off of my toes

I have to do 10 pounds of homework
Or my dad just won’t let be
I must wait for fun
Till what must be done
Is done and
This is the key

WONDER WANDER —

I walk along
a blooming path
that funnels
inverts
flares

A walrus waltzes
on the fence
I laugh and
leave her there

She waves goodbye
I turn around and
smile as I go

Wandering down
the blooming path
wondering
what is 

to know

PLAYTIME —

Mama cow

baby cow

chicks to hens

baby cow

mama cow

spirals spin

around and

around again

beginning 

to end

mama cow

baby cow

now

then

DINOSAUR —

Leaves are falling
Green, yellow, orange, red
Countenance out a third floor window

Cold innocence, cracked eggs

And terrible lizards 

Abound

BARREL JUMPER —

Loops lead

to a nest

a lime

a sunflower

camels in deserts

spiders in webs

the barrel of the wave

TALC —

Suspended children
flee a building burning permanent
persuaded and dissuaded
out of the dank
into the fray
weeping and
waving
in vain.