when you are nine

When you are nine
Your energy is off the chart
End of the day just like the start
No boundary line

You are an instant Broadway hit
Convincing in an outfit
Of your design

You treasure objects of a kind
That any grown up would find
Hard to describe

You think your parents make no sense
They hang around and get intense
They give you bribes

You choose an ant to be your pet
And try to tame it on a bet
You make up spells
 
A fan of death-defying moves
A genius at switching moods
No warning bells

Imagination unconfined
The polar opposites combined
Impossible to outshine
When you are nine

 
Gustav Klimt, Mada Primavesi, 1912


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