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Poetry | November 2010

Found Poem

By Kim June Johnson

It’s cold season, so I tell her:
Chew this. It’ll make your body strong,
place the vitamin in her small hand.

For a moment, she eyes it suspiciously in her palm.
It’s round and pale yellow.

What will it taste like? she wants to know.
Lemon, I say.
She squints her eyes.
I think it’ll taste like moon.

4 replies on “Found Poem”

Barbara Mackaysays:
November 13, 2010 at 7:25 am

Love it!

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Diana Greenwoodsays:
November 13, 2010 at 4:40 pm

Kim that was great.

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Kathleen Kirksays:
November 17, 2010 at 6:48 am

I love this, and am glad of it! Now the moon will taste lemony to me, not like cheese. I love when our kids communicate their perceptions like this, give us these new experiences–of them and of the world.

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Sarahsays:
November 26, 2010 at 4:22 pm

Wonderful!

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