They’re Poets and They Know Its

It all started with a poem for a school project the 13 year old wrote:

A mind, however hard it tries,
Will always be thoughtful.
A mind is reasoned. A mind is considered,
A mind is not always heedful, however.
Don’t you believe that anybody is witting?
That anybody is unaware beyond belief?
Down, down, down into the darkness of consciousness,
Gently it goes – the incognizant, the unsuspecting, the unwitting.

I am perhaps being the standard trope of a proud parent… but holy shit did that thing blow me away. I can clearly see that my skill at poetry at 13 was much more akin to the Lenny Kravitz lyrics in “Fly Away” – “I wish that I could fly, up in the sky, just like a dragonfly“- you know, the literal stupidest string of words in the English language.

And so, these happened- like we’re freshmen at college in our first apartment:

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The 11 blank tiles really confuse me though.

Now, I should say here that I am a clean fridge type person. While the fridge sometimes becomes a place for permission slips to be signed and artwork, I tend to move those to the sides so as to have a blank fridge face.

But now…

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832 tiles seems about right

Ah but I wouldn’t trade it for the world though, because on the first night the girls spent hours with them (I am talking well above 3+).

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A Saturday night well spent not doing the dishes

And we woke up to these gems:

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love it.

Some favorites:

Ghost fingers might have diseases

Screw class; school blows

Push ups scare me

I am above gloating

My sisters are beautiful

poop; horrid smell

A car’s window has a tongue

I just love seeing their personalities and humor and irreverence. A good Amazon purchase fo’ sho’.


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3 responses to “They’re Poets and They Know Its”

  1. wordsfromanneli Avatar

    No Like button?

    1. Lauren Avatar

      Isn’t there? I’ll have to check…

  2. wordsfromanneli Avatar

    What fun that would be!

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