the morning ocean was glass
dolphins bobbed in and out
gently the air cool and clean at the park a big hawk scooped overhead silently eagles cry and hummingbirds chatter so many birds a baby turtle in the pond the sunset was gorgeous bright red clouds way up high shades of pink all around baby pink lower on the horizon dozens of pigeons circled thankful for a blessed day i am so upset today picking up jad at school at one in his backpack are dead creatures a huge container of smelly eggs and a slice of pepperoni pizza he claims eggs are not animals and doesn't know that peperoni is pig we fight over it in the car on the way to swimming lessons with jason in a heated pool he can almost make it halfway across in karate he said he sparred with a smaller girl and he allowed he to win "she was so cute" but then he sparred with the teacher mr. s, and won he started piano lessons and knows the scale starts at c in the park we ride along the planet walk to the island home on the other side park our bikes under the spiral slide and dig for buried treasure he can read most of the park signs names and descriptions of animals these days he complains everyone in class says he is so short they all want to be taller girls and boys make fun of him for being the smallest except his best friends sai and declan during the annual jog-a-ton he ran 20 laps more than most of the others 1st graders he blames mom for forcing him to eat meat i always take lots of fruit watermelon today and buy him food from veggie grill mac and cheese chicken fingers salad he likes them all curry and rice from loving hut chinese food from veggie wokery dal and rice i occasionally cook going on halloween trick and treat he gets more candy than anyone else "because i'm so cute" but he said he did not eat even one since i always warn him about high fructose corn syrup he is doing good he luvs animals and nature i wish his mom was vegan i cannot blame him for her poor choices and lack of compassion for the earth and animals
