Literature
Paper Boats
When I was a child I was a sailor,
Id fold a boat out of newspaper.
Put it in the gutter by the curb,
and watch it race down the street.
Sometimes I put a flower inside.
Or a stick.
And that would represent me.
Id sail down the river,
my mind sailing right along.
I guess if I did that now Id be autistic,
either that or dangerously optimistic,
Never cautiously, cause if I were,
Id have realized the boat eventually
goes into a sewer.