These aren't dark enough but he puts them
In my cupped palm anyway. They're biting,
We're getting bit, and he sits on the ground,
Sit on the ground, daddy. I'm in good pants.
I'm going to squat. Then I will too.
© 2004 Jordan Davis
is the host of The Million Poems Show every month at the Bowery Poetry Club. With Chris Edgar, he edits The Hat. His first book, Million Poems Journal, was published in 2003.
