HERE’S SOMETHING
The very best books in the world are the ones
That put sun up your back
When you are up a tree ladder
The best are the ones most like crumbs from a sandwich
When you’re still hungry
The most important ideas to learn from
Go only half way no more
And they taste
For better or worse
Like mustard.
It’s better to read more and then less
Button then unbutton
In fact what becomes clear in time
Is that it’s good to become wild in a way
That resembles a pigeon’s coo
Because nothing we come to know or love
Holds smoke in
Or echoes.
The tallest school around here
Is when we realize
That there’s a chance out there
But can’t touch it can’t even come close
That’s when we turn into something awkward
And start to believe that
The most wonderful place in the world is in lettuce
That’s why more and more
We like everything upside down.
—Hiram Larew