Daniel's Poem

We just got back from Daniel's writer's workshop tea. It is where his teacher gave us the portfolios of our children's writing assignments throughout the year. The kids also wrote poetry books. Here's my favorite out of Daniel's poetry book:

If I were in charge of the world

I'd cancel school for boys, not girls.

Punishment, work, and also the

only language would be English.

If I were in charge of the world

there'd be dancing animals, free prizes

every week in the mail, $1,000, and

a lot of video games.

If I were in charge of the world

you wouldn't have cars that run on gasoline.

You wouldn't have cigarettes

or death

you wouldn't even have tornados.

If I were in charge of the world

A cat would be a dog. <--my favorite line

all people would be rich.

And a person who sometimes doesn't listen

and sometimes is lazy

would still be allowed to be

in charge of the world.

Okay, so I can't say that I agree with everything in that poem - I'm not raising a little xenophobe or socialist (I hope) but he's 8. We'll get to the finer points of politics when he's old enough to get it.