Lamenting over Bill Watterson's retirement, the creator of Calvin & Hobbes . . . my kid-life drawn by a stranger. |
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CartoonistPopularity, in this modern culture eats its own And so we lose Calvin and with him, Hobbes Victims of the reader’s crush to be there each and every day newly arrived We’ll take of the creator’s life each brushstroke with a grin and demand it all again tomorrow And when we’ve used him up be no more than slightly annoyed that the flow is stopped We will have made him wealthy this guy with the wonderful sense of your youth and mine and count it as enough Perhaps it is and means no more than that |
 This poem is included in Jim Freeman's poetry collection BROKEN PIECES available here in print or as an e-Book in your favorite formats. |
