Howdy. It has been a while since I've posted a blog. Life events have a habit of intervening, you see. Anyway, I'm pleased to be posting my first blog post for a couple of months. It's a new poem, based on a thought I remember having as a kid. I loved watching television, and I distinctly remember thinking that it doesn't matter how old I get, I'll never stop watching cartoons. (As a teenager I had the same thought regarding ska punk.) This poem is based on that. Enjoy!
Cartoons
One day
I’ll grow up
and I’ll
have to live life.
I might
finish school
and I
might find a wife.
It might
happen later,
it
might happen soon
but one
thing’s for sure:
I’ll
keep watching cartoons.
I might
ditch my trainers
and
wear a smart suit.
I might
get a job
where I
have to commute.
I might
be a spaceman
and fly
to the moon
but don’t
be in doubt:
I’ll
keep watching cartoons.
I might
be a doctor,
curing
disease.
I might
be a lumberjack,
hacking
down trees.
I might
be a zookeeper
taming
baboons
but
never you fear:
I’ll
keep watching cartoons.
My hair
might turn grey
and my
joints might go creaky.
My mind
might go blank
and my
bladder go leaky.
I might
lose my teeth
and eat
mush with a spoon
but as
I expire
I’ll be
watching cartoons.
With the
WOWS!
and the
POWS!
and the
ZAPS!
and the
ZOOMS!
no I’ll
never stop watching cartoons!
