Lament of the Child Forced to Pick Up at Bedtime
by Kai Juniper Bradford, 4 years old
edited by Bryan Bradford 
Kai Bradford loves polar bears, roly polys, and her dogs Grapes and Hula. She was 4 at the time of “writing” this poem, she is now 5, and she still thinks her mother is pretty bossy. She hopes to be a polar bear scientist when she grows up.