Career Change

I'm not sure that I always want to be a teacher.  Here is what I have decided to do.  I am going to write children's poetry.  I think this could be lucrative and fun.  If you have ever heard of Jack Prelutsky, famed children's poet laureate, then you know what I mean.  

Previously I have tried my hand at crass pop culture poetry when Tara and I had a blog in college.  Lately I have been driving by BFS, our local farm supply store where I was employed for five years of my life.  I think to start an appreciation of local businesses in children, that I will write a poem about my years at Bowen's Farm Supply.  

ODE TO BOWEN'S FARM SUPPLY

The chemical fertilizer 

is damaging my brain

The landscapers are worried

I hope it soon will rain

We don't want the fertile grass

to contract a deadly fungus

And I need several more tips

to kill the rats among us

They're asking me for drain tile

which is really a pipe

Bobbex truly is worth it

You can believe the hype

I don't think that I  

shall soon forget my knowledge

That I might have never learned

through my degree in college

Now, I realize I may need to spend more than 2 minutes composing poems and actually learn about iambic pentameter.  Perhaps I should even try to come up with something more clever than an "A/B" rhyme scheme and watch that the amount of syllables match up.  I do, however, feel deep in my heart that the raw talent is there.  Just like Joaquin Phoenix said "Screw it, I'm gonna sing R&B" I'm saying "World!  I want to write children's poetry!"

Disclaimer: This post was sarcastic.

Love, Kaley