children so innocently wise
(candyman boogeyman frought with monsters)
rupturing the world and breaking all the day
(asking questions
like, how far the sun
and the sun is farther than your hand can reach
but reach to make sure
try to with your child's hand touch the sun
and in the night
try to with your child's hand touch the stars)
frought with monsters their parents unwise
tell how far the sun
in seconds, miles, minutes, years of light
but never make sure
don't reach with your hands to try and
touch the sun
(long lost child's hands are bleeding)
frought with monsters children ask
brave to be courageous, how far the sun is
and never to reach with children's hands are men with rocket ships and
spaceships
a child's question reach still further
and a child's hands reach further
than any device of man
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