MY LEGS AND I (Monday Poem)

by Leland B. Jacobs


I say to my legs,
"Legs," I say,
"Let's go out
To run and play."

So off we go,
My legs and I,
Skipping, romping,
Jumping high.

Then I say to my legs,
"Legs," I say,
"I'm much too tired
To run and play."

So legs and I
Toward home we go,
Walking, walking,
Slow, slow, slow.



from Is Somewhere Always Far Away? Poems About Places by Leland B. Jacobs, illustrated by Jeff Kaufman, 1993, Henry Holt and Company