DOG BREATH: 21 DAYS OF POETRY, DAY 14

TOYS FOR TORTURED ARTISTS 

A Nerf machine gun, a slip and slide.

A top spun from the ashes of fallen dictators.

An enormous kaleidoscope
mounted on the dashboard of the Toyota.

A trampoline with a built in jukebox.

A slot car set where the living room furniture used to be.

Jars and cups full of magic markers,
cups and jars full of colored pencils.

Ukulele adjacent to every toilet.

A super eight camera, a pencil and a notebook.

A mortar and pestle for grinding
when grinding teeth is not enough.

Two gloves, one ball, for playing catch,
because you are not the only person on this planet!