kj the dj

i’m grateful today for those
animate & inanimate
things that help me
do my jobs
well.

1. the fruit man @ 70th/amsterdam
bananas, 4/$1
strawberries, $2/box
cantaloupe, $2 ea.

and he’s superkind
to the children.

2. my lemon yellow miele vacuum.
if you put that thing
on your arm,
it would suck a bruise.

i love it.

i would write poetry in its honor
if i thought it could hear me.

3. popsicles.
juicycoolishgoodness
that makes their day
which in turn makes
my day.

4. summer dresses.
for them and for me.

5. cory’s favorite shorts.

they make him that happy.
and i score big points
every time they come
out of winter-hiding
and into the light of spring.

6. beatrix potter.
since much of my time the
past 9 yrs has been spent
reading to children,
i’m grateful for good literature.
(and, inversely,
find poor writing for children
rather despicable)

in today’s reading of tom kitten,
remember when
mittens, moppet & tom kitten
have lost their beautiful clothes?

so mrs. kitten discovers them
and offers this rebuke:

’she pulled them off the wall,
smacked them,
and took them back to the house.

‘my friends will arrive in a minute
and you are not fit to be seen.
i am affronted,’ said mrs. tabitha twitchet.

’she sent them upstairs;
and i am sorry to say she
told her friends
that they were in bed
with the measles;
which was not true.’

next time, i will simply
tell my children that
‘i am affronted’
and assume that is
reprimand enough.

nice.

ps - if i tell you my
children are in bed
with the measles,
be suspicious.
be very suspicious.