When Children Ask

When Children Ask

when children ask

a black

             black

                       black question

   you are removing genuine pain

   you are obstructing body-entering cold

   you are holding up a three-storey-vast coloring book

        for them to color

   you are bending straight the roots of pre-beaten statistics

   you are quieting the best-sellers’ best sellings

   you are tracing the shape of a peaceful craft

        for more than one good hungry folk

in your answer

(so please, have an answer).

                                    September 9, 2009