Note to recorder:
A poem
please don't speak too fast
when i grow up
by william wise
when i grow up
i think i'll be
a detective
with a skeleton key.
i could be a soldier
and a sailor too;
i'd like to be a keeper
at the public zoo.
i'll own a trumpet
and i'll play a tune;
i'll keep a space ship
to explore the moon.
i'll be a cowboy
and live i the saddle
i'll be a guide
with canoe and a paddle.
i'd like to be the driver
of a diesel train'
and it must be fun
to run a building crane.
i'll live in a lighthouse
and guard the shore;
and i know i'll want to be
a dozen things more.
for the more a boy lives
the more a boy learns-
i think i'll be all of them
by taking turns.
Having text in all lower-case letters is acceptable when you are typing on a cell phone. It is not acceptable in official documentation, work letters, or other more formal writing. On first glance, a poem in all lower-case letters looks a little sloppy and lazy.