Mommy Y?

Mommy why the sun so hot &
the sky so blue mommy
Tell me mommy
Why am I me
& mommy why are you you?
Mommy why are you black
& daddy white
why is left called left
and the right right?
Mommy why
Are you so mad
Anyway
When you’ve just been
Given another day &
Mommy are things
In the movies real
Or do those
Characters actually
Never feel Mommy
Why is it people
Die and
fat bumblebees
They can fly? Mommy
Tell me once again
What happens when
You die? Mommy
Are you going to die? Mommy?
Mommy why can’t
I hear so good
Why do people
Read newspapers
Instead of books?
Mommy why is
America so big
& Denmark so
small,
why do people fight
they don’t get
along atall

why is money
so hard to come by
why do little babies
sometimes die
mommy why are baby swans
brown
and their mommy’s
white
why is it so hard
for you to ride a bike
mommy why do people
kill animals
& America got so many guns

why do people make war
that don’t sound like no fun!
Mommy why are people
Mean to other people
And some people don’t
Have homes,
I don’t know mommy
You adults seem
To have it all Wrong!

Mommy, it seems like
We children should have this world
To run!

Tisvilde
May 2007

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