Tara's response to Carton Physics Part 1

I've never read a poem quite like this one, I think that Nick Flynn is a brillant writer. He uses sacarsm and a survival of the fittest theme to show that kids don't know a lot about the world. I also get the idea that he is saying, when one makes a mistake you have to take it and learn from it. "She will learn that if a man runs off the edge of a cliff he will not fall until he notices his mistake." He uses imagery in the poem that would confuse a ten year old. Kids are suppose to stay out of trouble, Nick Flynn disagrees. "Ten year olds should stick with burning houses, car wrecks, ships going down- earthbound tangible disasters." I think he is talking about what you see in real life compared to what goes on in a cartoon.