Where I'M From Poem by Megan Hieronimus

I am from water babies and lego castles
I am from red disco lights, ceilings that sparkeld
when you spin and soft red blood carpet to play dead on
I am from baby roses lining the fence of tall trees filled with
birds, the tall grass you play hide 'n' seek in
I am from huge gatherings that last two days, with nothing to do
but eat dad's helping children to mom's cooking random
foods without notice
I am from grandparents we see from afar and great- gradnparents
who left cares and akward cousins never mentioned
and dads filled with jokes
I am from never answering the phone the same and never leaving
the small pink pig in the same place
I am from never letting strange people in the house, to every biker being a familiar person
I am from Portland where you can't play outside and sitting
in the windows on halloween not beeing allowed
to trick or treat
I am from the planet jupiter where all baby girls are from
where my parents told me they bought me with cookies
I am from shelves and cases of photos and piles
of movies that nobody watches but are very important
I am from a very large family of at least five kids that
has no room for left over foods where if you wiat
you'll never eat