Gingerly grasping
crinkly red cellophane
round cheese wrapping,
raising it to chapped lips,
hushed WOW Look at THIS, mama!
Can I KEEP this?
Yes, WOW baby--
You can keep it.
Ella asked the Real Toads to write a poem about wow!
1.10.2013
WOW
Ella asked the Real Toads to write a poem about wow!
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Simple joys. None better.
ReplyDelete... just don't put it in your mouth, baby! So sweet.
ReplyDeleteI love it!
ReplyDeleteOh, yeah the simple joys of life!
ReplyDeleteRed pulls the passion of wow!
;D
Sweet.
ReplyDeleteVery sweet I agree ~
ReplyDeleteTakes so little to make them happy sometimes...I repeat sometimes...lol. Classic you...and I like classic you. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteEverything in life is a Wow for a child--and they are little Wow transmitters. Love this one, marian.
ReplyDeleteLove to see 'Wow' about the simple things of life!
ReplyDeleteWow!
ReplyDeletenow I want cheese
and wine
There is nothing like the joy of a child who sees the wow in everything
ReplyDeleteOh, this is precious, Marian. Even I remember how exciting it was to view the world through a colourful toffee wrapper.
ReplyDeleteshe wants to keep *everything* all the time. she makes me think about what is trash and what is treasure.
ReplyDelete{grin}
ReplyDeleteI started out this way when I was little. You should see my closets now. :)
uh oh.
DeleteThis is lovely--that childlike sense of WOW at the simple things in our world. A treasure in itself.
ReplyDeleteDialogue as poem, a perfect slice for WOW!
ReplyDeleteI actually REMEMBER my wow days.
Felix doesn't like the cheeses, but he always covets the wrappers, even the wax if I'd let him.
ReplyDeleteIt usually irritates me, but you've made me reconsider...
:) let him keep it!
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