Wheels

Watching Lukas on his scooter is pretty amazing
and its not just because i'm his mom
people stop me right and left
talkin bout how old is he, shakin their heads, as he whizzes by
fearless
unstoppable
blond ambition
flyin by
experimenting with pop-up wheelies
ballerina arabesques
and fancy footwork
weaving through the Loisaida streets
Luna on her 2 wheeler tryin to keep up
with the mad urban surfer
ridin those street cracks
free as birds

when i grow up

when youre a big kid or a grown -up you get to walk out by yourself
pretty soon im going to be a big kid and im going to walk out by myself and get bubble gum
when i grow up
im gonna have my own house
and i'm gonna live in brooklyn (whered she get that?)

i just love these shoes mama (re: high heels)
when im a big kid and when im a grown up im going to wear these shoes everyday
even when im dead im going to wear these shoes everyday
but not with the same clothes