Just talking

• Nicholas Eagle, Grade 7
• Poetry
• 2006

I wonder what it would be like to talk with the Prime Minister.
Would he be kind or cranky or ordinary?
Would he like cricket or rugby or soccer?
Would he like to read history or thrillers or magical myths?
Would he be interesting or boring or neither?
I wonder what it would be like to talk with the Prime Minister.

Would he be smart or dumb or ordinary?
Would he like to eat Italian, Chinese or French?
Where would he like to go?
To restaurants or bars or just stay home.
Would he like to go to Europe or America or Asia?
Or maybe somewhere quieter.
I wonder what it would be like to talk with the Prime Minister,
but the biggest question is, “what would he think of me?”