Back in the day

My favorite books from when I was young were the abstract stories my mom and dad would read to me. Dr. Seuss's "fox in socks" was my favorite book. Whenever I saw my grandparents I would make them read it to me. They would get so tongue twisted they couldn't even talk. It made perfect sense that fox was in socks in a box with clocks. Another favorite book of mine was "Wacky Wednesday." I always had fun looking for the hidden oddities in each picture. It reminded me of a Richard Scary story or an Ispy. I guess I had a Freudian curiosity in my subconscious world of craziness. Shel Silverstein always wrote poems which inspired my imagination. There was always something mythic about a little girl who piled pounds of food into her. I always wished I could fly away on a gigantic shoe.