NINJA POETRY CORNER
by d.j. kirkbride
illustration by kiki maclean

NINJAS DON'T MATTER

Ninjas don’t matter none

‘Cause ninjas ain’t no

fun.

Ninjas ain’t drinkin’ rum

‘Cause ninjas ain’t no

Fun.

Ninjas don’t need no gun

‘Cause ninjas--

Are fierce warriors who use swords and

Throwing stars and their own bodies as

Weapons!

Thusly needing no modern contrivances

Or doodads that make killing easy

And impersonal.

Ninjas DO matter, son.