Built to Scale

The architect is ten years old
his model village is the rage
he builds houses, bridges and trains
a hero of the plastic age

little folks in miniature cars
ride around his playroom floor
an A-frame house and big hotel
with furnishings galore

in this teeny little village
plastic people spend their days
earning their plastic salaries
and watching their children play

architecture so immaculate
but built to a tiny scale
pretty streets with plastic trees
and even a lego nature trail

it all seems so idyllic here
in this litte tiny plastic place
they all vacation as a group
in the architect's plastic lego case

but precautions must be taken
when giant feet walk through their town
the parents of the architect
can clean up the room and knock it all down

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

" My wrinkles are badges of courage and reveal that I am a Mother."

Big grins here

Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write.

Thanks Larry...If you want to come over and play, I think I still have most of those lego pieces here.  But, it would be a long trip from Arizona to Michigan just to build a plastic town.

That photo is of the Lego village which my kids built when they were young.  I wish I could have captured the detail better, but I took it with a crummy camera.  It was quite impressive in person.

~ hugs for a brother (Madame C to Larry C)

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

Thanks so much, Sy...
I didn't have Legos when I grew up either, but they had something similar but not quite as sophisticated.  I used to love to build stuff when I was little and than I built stuff out of Lego when my kids were young...it was so much fun.

~ kiddy hugs

Lyra

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"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

Thanks so much, Lauren...
When you have young children, your house is SUPPOSED to look like a tornado hit it.
I guess its a kids job to make a mess.
They'll always remember the fun times and the playing, so if you try to keep a perfect house, they won't have anywhere to play and they will probably find ways to rebel when they get older.  It sounds like you are doing a great job of raising your kids.

~ mommy hugs

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

Thanks Nancy,

We went through lots of Lego sets.  We only had 2 kids but they had lots of friends...and many of the pieces which I still have, are from friends who brought their Lego sets over to play and never took them back.  We have a gigantic tub full of tiny little pieces.

~ itty bitty Lego piece hugs

Lyra

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"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

Thanks Paladin...
LOL you are probably right about those cats...they can wreck a Lego village faster than a tornado can wreck a house.
We never let our cat go into the basement for that reason.
~ tornadic hugs

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

Nan

Thanks so much, Suthern...now don't stub your toe on any of those little pieces

~ hugs built of Lego

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

Thanks Nan....
I think they love those little pieces because it makes them feel big...
I just cannot tell you how many of those I must have vacuumed up over the years.

~ hugs from one mom to another

Lyra

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"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

Thanks Barry...My feet are probably a lot smaller than yours...and I kept knocking them down also....
Finally, we confined them to one corner of the basement....and that made everyone happy, especially those little plastic people.

~ hugs of parenting

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks