(For Nicole Caruso Garcia)
Alla barnen, All the children, is a Swedish
light verse form with no set metre.
All the trick-or-treaters got apples
Except for Lazar
He got a razor
All the hikers got bitten by mosquitoes
Except for Blair
She got bitten by a bear
All the children blew out their candles
Except Nass
She blew out the gas
All the children ran over to the ice cream truck
Except for Jim
The truck ran over him
All the children were playing with jacks
Except for Patches
He was playing with knives