CUTE

 CUTE

Cute is a child's first drawing.

Kittens, as they stretch their toes.

A baby's first steps.

Her new party dress.

A butterfly that lands on your nose.

An idea that filled with whimsy.

A ridiculously bad dad joke.

A girl in tight shorts,

(riding bareback, of course)

Fanning flames she so easily stokes.

But when a person puts pen to paper,

Writing rhyme and speaking in prose,

Take a moment or two,

To study it through,

And understand their guts are exposed.

Be it drum and fife or orchestral,

Guitar or piano or flute,

There's a great many things,

That makes a poet's heart sing,

But the last thing that works is "cute".