Childhood Stories Poem by Matthew Rohrer

Childhood Stories

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They learned to turn off the gravity in an auditorium
and we all rose into the air,
the same room where they demonstrated
pow-wows and prestidigitation.

But not everyone believed it.
That was the most important lesson
I learned—that a truck driven by a dog
could roll down a hill at dusk
and roll right off a dock into a lake
and sink, and if no one believes you
then what is the point
of telling them wonderful things?

I walked home from the pow-wow
on an early winter night in amazement:
they let me buy the toy tomahawk!
As soon as I got home I was going
to hit my sister with it, but I didn't know this.

Saturday, December 20, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: education
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Matthew Rohrer

Matthew Rohrer

Ann Arbor, Michigan
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