So… Oisin wanted a poem about two copyrighted characters. A blue hedgehog and a clairvoyant and shunned Latino uncle.
I have done my best.
Hedgehogs are shy creatures
Like to eat worms
And slugs. They curl up
If they’re threatened. In terms
Of adventure, they’re not really interested.
I am different.
I like to run fast
Collect rings
When I curl up i spin really fast.
I do things
Other hedgehogs don’t do.
I am different. Are you?
Yes, my little erizo,
I too am an outcast
But people like you and me,
surely we’ll outlast
The cruelty and ignorance
We after all
Are the vanguard, the ones who will change things.
My little Erizo Azul
I make a prediction that you’ll
Be a hero
Defeat a great evil
A doctor of Robots
One day…
In the meantime,
It’s OK to play!
Collect rings?
To do all of the things
That excite you
The future will bite you.
So live in the present
Do things that delight you.
And when my prediction comes true?
Little Sonic Erizo Azul…
My money’s on you.
Tom Juniper Poetry 