<koertge's "a little kid">
2003-05-01.12:20 a.m.


A Little Kid
Ronald Koertge


starts whirling around
with his arms out,
and pretty soon

all the kids are doing
it.  One girl spins wildly,
and every time she falls

her dress flies way up.
A tall boy eggs another
on until they both puke.

As two girls rush over
with paper towels,
a third goes to

the sandbox and begins
a rehabilitation center
for the famous who will

have trouble with whirling
all their lives.



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