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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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