The Book of Frank [“Mother was angry when”]

Mother was angry when
Frank accused his brother
of being a cartoon

“but look!” Frank said
“I can fold him
into airplanes!
I can chew him
into spitballs!”

“stop chewing and folding your brother!
he loves you very much!” she said

“then why doesn’t he say so?”

“because

we can’t afford a
screenwriter’s fee”

Copyright Credit: CAConrad, [“Mother was angry when” pg. 12] excerpted from The Book of Frank.  Copyright © 2009 by CA Conrad.  Reprinted by permission of Wave Books.
Source: The Book of Frank (Wave Books, 2009)