until

By John Yamrus

until

a
few
days ago,
my favorite
first line
from a
novel

was the Bukowski book

that
started out:
“It began as a mistake.”

now,
my favorite
first line in a novel
comes from Peter Pan,

which reads:

“All children, except one, grow up.”

and that’s
really

the
only
mistake.

Category: Poetry