-with six on the couch-

the coffee's 

perked

the sil-

verish pot

up-on 

the stove

lit-up on top

to rhyme

say blast!

would blow 

a-part 

if it was 

glass 

to rhyme 

say ouch! 

who are 

the six 

kids on

the couch?

this poem was commissioned by

Tina Velasquez, age 8, Union City, New Mexico,

circa 1969 from a kid-crowded house trailer.