MAGICAL MYSTICAL
SCHOLASTIC EXTRUDER
The Magical Mystical Scholastic Extruder!
You go in one way
You come out smoother
And when you're soft and wrinkle-free
We can put you wherever we want you to be
You can fit in a desk
Or in front of a screen
Fit in the wheels of a great big machine
Fit in a tank or fit in a plane
You'll stay a round ball and never complain
And if bouncing around gives you a migraine
Just eat this corn and sugarcane!
Isn't that nice? Isn't that better?
Well, aren't you the roundest, soundest go-getter?
Now wear your suit and wear your tie
Earn your piece of the pie
Bounce up and down
But not that high!
(Don't get ideas and don't think to try)
Always bounce at a steady rate
Your bouncing is what makes us great!
Yessiree, everything's lyrical now that you're spherical
You can fit into our nation's wedges
You fit so well when you're lacking edges
Romolo Wilkinson is an American writer and radiologic technologist based in Alameda, California. He holds a BFA in Acting from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and is a two-time winner of the San Francisco Young Playwrights Festival.
His poetry has appeared in the Ultramarine Literary Review.
Today, he balances his creative work with a healthcare career specializing in orthopedic and pediatric x-ray.
