Brittany's Response to Cartoon Physics pt. 1

I enjoyed these poems from what i could understand of them. I found it interesting that the words were, not in themselves, hard to understand but when gathered together I found myself having to consider their meaning. Flynn takes an interesting twist in the first one where he first states that children should not understand concepts like space; but in the same breath he states that a ten year old should be able to comprehend and predict burning homes and sinking ships. To me the universe is a bit easier to understand than tragedy or disaster because it is not a definite. The universe has infinite possibilities and plenty of room for the ten year old imagination to roam. While tangible disasters on the other hand are harder to explain the "what" and the "why". At least when it comes to space the answer to the why is one most ten year olds are used to
"Because i said so". But overall i loved both poems. They left me wondering if what i was gathering from them was the message he intended to send. Cartoon Physics kind of reminded me of abstract poetry if there is a such thing.