Clever from Geneviève by Red Apple Falls

Why do you have so many books
like your house is a library?
That was the question I faced
from a six-year old child.
I hesitated a moment;
his serious question deserved a considered reply.

It’s ‘cause I like to seem clever,
but I don’t think it’s working.

No, I don’t think it’s working.

For I...I was shocked to discover
the fool my mother had raised
was, in fact, not my brother.

And while self awareness is useful,
and should be desired,
it can feel like a brick being flung
at your well-windowed pride.

When you like to seem clever,
oh, I like to seem clever.

But if I was clever I’d raise my kid better.

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