Written with Sadie Amarina Tritt, age 4. My first collaboration with my granddaughter.
Throwing Rocks at the Sun
We can go to the park now,
And paint with our fingers on canvas sails.
We can dance now,
Tickle a ferret’s tummy until…
Do ferrets laugh?
We can plant flowers
And play with Grandma in the morning.
We can climb through the phone and…
Would we hurt the phone or
Would we hurt our noses?
Are doggies made of
Nothing but bone?
Can I see the pictures
When we get back home?
Tell me, do sea otters
Have bright big teeth?
What animals lay eggs?
What do they eat?
You and I,
We can go outside, and
We can throw rocks at the Sun.
Adam Byrn Tritt 