People Poems · CTP-0264
The Many Lives of the Distinguished Mr. Damian


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At the age of three—the best age to be, of course,
Ms. Danica has managed to live more lives than me, you, or anyone, really.
In one life, Danica was a little baby who probably loved to cry and sleep (or so we guess because she doesn't remember this and could not yet speak).
This part of her life is done with, but as for the rest, well...
Danica dances ballet on her tippy-toes, in her tutu, spinning and leaping all over the stage, impressing everyone with her interpretive range and coordination as if she was a gymnast...and that's because she is! She's a veritable front flipper back flipper cartwheeler bouncing and flying on bars and rings from which she balances and swings so artfully! In another concurrent life happening now, she's the life of the party, in another simultaneous life she's the sheriff of shoes telling delinquents to stuff away their
stinky bare feet! That's quite a resume for somebody
who is three, but this is the distinguished Ms. Danica after all!