By Edmundo Daudi
Date: 2010 Oct 25
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The Purity of Munchkins

So I was playing in the park today
people were walking by
I tried not to look too much
and to just play, to concentrate,
to look down
like an ostridge
hide my shame
my arrogance

some dogs barked at me,
a few three year olds insisted on making their mom's stop
so they could dance

And then this little girl, maybe six
on a pink bike
comes up and stops right in front of me
and stares at me,
I am thinking she wants to hit the drums
like most children

i keep playing
and after thirty seconds
and just before I am about to ask her to join me
on the drums
she says "you play perfect"

and then I said "thank you"
and then her mom called
and then she rode away.