we are all starved.
i love this line. I want to write a poem about it.
I also want to write a poem about the moon.  The moon is so funny!
The moon makes me laugh. Ha ha, what a silly moon.  It makes so 
much noise and at night i can't go to sleep because it is constantly
chattering.  I lay in bed and try to relax and to fall asleep.  And 
as soon as the light's turned out and I am all alone, tucked into bed, 
up to my chin, i begin to hear it. The babble of that crazy moon.  
It talks and talks about nothing. That moon is so noisy.  "Shhhh..., 
moon,"  I say to no avail.  What a silly, noisy  moon.  I want to 
invite it over for dinner.



My friends -- they aren't really my friends, they are sock puppets -- 
they don't believe me when i say that the moon is too loud.  They must 
be jealous. I know they are, because they are just dumb old socks. 
They want to hear the moon. Yup.  They can't handle the fact that I
consistently hear the moon night after night, and they don't.  So 
they tell me I'm crazy and PSYCHO.  Sure I am.  Just because I hear 
the moon and they don't, I am suddenly some kook.  Really, I am a 
cook.  But we all know I'm not nuts. I am the chosen one.  The moon 
wants to talk to me, you see.  It wants to tell me its recipe for 
goulash. And it picks me to hear, because I will listen to it.  And 
the really funny thing is that I don't even like goulash.  See, I'm 
so tired when I'm laying there, trying my best to fall asleep that I 
can't exactly listen. Or hear.  Hmmmm..... goulash....



Thinking back on this moon chattering-ness, it's sort of a buzz.  Like
"buhhhhhh" or perhaps it was "Ding, ding, shala wing bing."  Something 
is getting frapped.  Tonight i think i'll listen up.  Yeah, if that 
silly moon is choosing me, it must have something important to say about
goulash.  I love the moon, but I hate goulash.





Heather Winick is still stuck in high school, trying her best to withstand strange and unfavorable rules by writing poetry, songs, and Greek plays. Her inspiration is the moon, but Heather herself is an inspiration to us all. Especially if you're a monkey.



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