TINY men

Rite of Passage was a fun poem to read! I really enjoyed how the mom described the little men. The irony in this poem is very apparent. She speaks of the young boys in such "grown up terms". I love how she says "short men, men in first grade with smooth jaws and chins" it makes me smile because you immediately picture short little boys in suites pretending and acting older than reality lets them be. I cant get a lot of depth out of the poem but I liked how the mom looks at them in a futuristic way. She is looking twenty years down the road.
This poem did make me think about people in a way I had never thought before. I dont think this was what most people probably got from it. When you just think about everyday ordinary joes or lets say our teachers or boss's at work you dont normally think of them as being children at one time. The part in the poem when she say "They clear there throats a lot, a room of small bankers" it made me realize that everybody at once was just an innocent child that looked no further past getting a break for recess and whats for lunch. Its kind of humoring for a minute because it reminds everyone that we were once all immature and dumb.
Another thing I liked about the poem was that the mother picked her son out of the crowd as better than the rest. It was sweet not offending because every parents always thinks there kid is the best at life. I know my parents did.