Here's a poem

I've really enjoyed my poetry class this semester. I've learned a lot, met new people, and expanded my writing versatility a bit. I think of myself as an ok writer, but the poem I wrote for class today turned out pretty well, and it didn't even take long to come up with. Usually I have to ponder and revise a lot, but this one came out quite easily. It's, in part, a response to Alice Walker's poem "Loving Humans."

"The Adult Conspiracy"

All people are

Children

Even the ones

Who call

Themselves

Grownups.

They say

They are

Too old

To fool around

Or waste time

But they

Want to.

They pretend

To be what

They call

Mature

But they

Don't want to.

They have

Their manners

Their debates

Their campaigns

Their wars

But they

Just want to

Play.

Parents say

They act

Silly

For their

Kids' sakes

But it's

Also for

Their own.