CHILDHOOD LEXICONS
Musketeers sleep in Indian temples.
Piranhas and pyramids are on the same page.
The volcanos erupt mummies and Roman coins.
Children’s kites, dirigibles, and bolides fly in the sky.
Everything’s connected: Papuans and papayas.
Pineapples and watermelons are brothers and sisters.
Samurais defend besieged Constantinople.
Chinese orchestras play in burning Rome.
Steamships sink full of tigers and clowns.
A butterfly has wings in the colours of the Mexican flag.
At the station, octopuses arrive, according to schedule.
I fall asleep while leafing through an old lexicon.