WATCHING CARTOONS

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!