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chandeliers,<br />
coloured cockatiels,<br />
just like the ones that you used to steal.<br />
I don‟t need you for inspiration;<br />
I‟m just fine with my imagination. 30<br />
It works better than you in terms of teleportation.<br />
But, like Charlotte from her web, I give you my salutations.<br />
If the ink runs dry and the paper burns,<br />
you don‟t have to be too concerned because<br />
you know, I can just run down to the store<br />
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and do this thing called „buy some more‟,<br />
I know you like taking care of things<br />
but listen carefully, I want this to ring<br />
through your mind:<br />
Honestly, I‟m doing just fine. 40<br />
Once you said that with all I type<br />
I might just run out of letters to form,<br />
but I‟m pretty sure my wit disagrees. I‟ll write<br />
about blue doors,<br />
about rolling on the floor. 45<br />
I‟ll write more and more and more and more and more.<br />
I‟ll write about my cat,<br />
about the sky turning black.<br />
I‟ll write more and more and more.<br />
exploding stars 50<br />
mini racing cars<br />
yellow, flowery hats<br />
shaggy, grey mats<br />
greeting cards<br />
hiding in the dark 55<br />
cellophane<br />
a good board game<br />
zombies and rainbows<br />
umbrellas and raincoats<br />
red cake tins 60<br />
an art supply bin<br />
soft braided hair<br />
feelings of the air<br />
ice cream vans<br />
a box of sand 65<br />
Welcome to my imagination.<br />
Judge’s Comment<br />
I like a good list poem, and this is that. great images and humour<br />
Henry Poole<br />
Cranbrook School<br />
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