If a bear farts in the woods,
and there’s nobody there
to smell it,
does the fart stink?
I am the grandpa,
who wonders about such things.
***
Nana comes back from her visit,
lifted as if still in flight.
There was a news show playing
quietly in the background.
One kid says to the little one,
“The Apprentice is applying for the White House.”
And the little one says,
he says, he really said this,
kid’s like eight tops.
He says, “Yes,
isn’t that ironic.”