Good Night, Margaret Wise Brown

By Charlotte Pomerantz from Thunderbloom!

In the great green room
There was a cellular phone
And a Mylar balloon
And a picture of
A Mars probe hurtling past the moon
And three endangered bears
On inflatable chairs
And Internet-bought socks
And digital clocks
And a virtual dollhouse
And an ergonomic mouse
And a bowl full of high-fiber low-carb mush
And a baby monitor murmuring "hush."
Good night, room
Good night, moon
Good night, Mars probe hurtling past the moon
Good night, stars
Good night, air
And random acoustics everywhere
Good night, city
Good night, town
Good night,
Margaret
Wise
Brown.