So. Many. Questions.
by ASH Smyth
September 2023
My 5-year-old embarks on her 'Neruda phase’.
I
When I was in your tummy
could I see your bones?
Who would order pizza
in a forest?
What are shoes?
How do you hold a moonbeam
in your hand…?
II
Is that a pun?
Can we go shopping today,
and buy some more wraps?
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Camilla, are you sad
or just preoccupied?
III
Does anybody in this room
have a fake finger?
Buth kewada?
Do you wanna do repeat?
Who put the poster back on the wall
in The Shawshank Redemption?
IV
What's your favourite shade of green?
What if the journey never ends?
What are mermaids?
Fish...? Animals...?
Why don't you do what you're told
immediately??
V
Where is Gilligan's Island?
Are you allowed to have your dog
married to a person?
A cat married to a dog?
Daddy, are you still on the beer,
or do you need a wine?
VI
Tu comes manzanas?
Does Violet speak Sinhalese?
Why do royal people do things?
What if a pen
wasn't just a pen?
VII
Can scissors cut metal?
Can light cut through metal?
Who wants mulch?!?
How did they get the sofa
inside the Giant Peach?
VIII
How long are people's memories?
What's your favourite galaxy?
Who would swim into a turkey vulture?
What does ‘hanky-panky’ mean?
IX
Where are we going now?
Disney plus what...?
Why wasn't it Squirrels last night?
And who was this one wroten from?
