By Lawrence “Mack” Hall

Word Count: 91

Rating: G (suitable for all audiences)

Summary: A poem about today’s childhood.

A small child asked another.  An old man turned

To wonder about a question he had never heard

How does one lend a finger? But then he saw:

A fingerprint to open a little ‘phone

For children borrow from each other’s lives, and joy

In all the little daily ceremonies

Of childhood, giggling over telescreens

And, too, their hopes and dreams and ice-cream cones

A finger now a child may lend or borrow

And, as always, maybe his heart tomorrow