fearless

the black lines slide tenderly
over the eight and one half inches
of low quality pulp to form
the image of a duck on a bicycle
but without color it only
approaches funny from a tangent
with wreckless abandon
he pushes the whisps of boy-blond
hair from his face and snares
the brightest yellow from his jungle of color
he stalks the crayon along
the line with careless disregard
until only the widest swatches of linelessness
remain for him to pound mercilessly
with his weapon.
when that isn't good enough,
he pulls another and then another
until the duck is smothered in a rainbow
and the humor is screaming in terror
fearless
callous
and four.