Won, Too, Free Poem by Not Long Left

Won, Too, Free

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won, to, free
look at me,
i can count forever.
i know that lions come from the jungle,
and that birds have things called feathers.
i know that 2 - 2 = 0
and in the winter from the sky falls snow.
i know that carrots are orange,
and come up from the ground,
and that 2, fifty pences make a pound.
i know that the sun is yellow and is very hot,
and the moon is not
it is cold and is white like cream,
and it looks down on me when i dream.

i know that pigs are pink and live in a pen,
and in space live clever spacemen,
who fight aliens and float around,
did i tell you that i know
2 fifty pences make a pound?
i learnt today that there was a man called jesus,
who did all sorts of magical things,
he made people better,
and thats why when we are in church,
we sing hymns.

what i dont know is why
people like my nan have to die,
and why elephants are so shy.
daddy says i will learn it all one day,
so for now
i am going out to play.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Liz Munro 17 December 2005

you empathise as a child extremly well. Great poem Liz Munro.

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Tears In Rain 21 November 2005

Your title also hooked me. I would have loved to have more lines in the same voice.

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Rev. Dr. A. Jacob Hassler 21 November 2005

could life ever be so simple as it was then? i'm trying to get back there... good stuff here, Vincent. Jake

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Joseph Daly 21 November 2005

Brilliant title Vincent, So wonderfully put together. A celebration of innocence that has rarely been bettered. All the best Denis Joe

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Cj Heck 21 November 2005

Adorable poem, Vincent. Your inner child is wonderful. I so enjoyed. Warmest regards, CJ

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