Temple of the Burning Sands

Poetry, Art, Essays, and Fiction from the Scorched Earth

Cheese Gong

Hi, my name is Amy,
and I'm this many years old.
Can you count the fingers?
I can, and all my toes too.
but I don't need toes for my age yet.

Anyway my uncle is really really sad,
and he's not my uncle but my cousin,
but I have to call him uncle,
cause he's really really old.
He's even older than all my fingers, and toes, too!

So I asked him why he was sad,
and he said, "Cheese Gong",
all mumbly like, which is really silly
Because he doesn't even play music. And
it would break when you hit it anyway.

So I told him to do what my big brother does
when he's sad and get a hug from a pretty girl.
And then he started crying.
Grown-ups are weird, and I'm hungry.
Can I have a cheese gong, too?



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