Joshua Seigal
2 x WINNER - Laugh Out Loud Award (2020, 2023)
WINNER - The People's Book Prize (2022)
WINNER - Reading Rocks Book Award (2024)
Cartoons
One day I’ll grow up
and I’ll have to live life.
I might finish school
and I might find a wife.
It might happen later,
it might happen soon
but one thing’s for sure:
I’ll keep watching cartoons.
I might ditch my trainers
and wear a smart suit.
I might get a job
where I have to commute.
I might be a spaceman
and fly to the moon
but don’t be in doubt:
I’ll keep watching cartoons.
I might be a doctor,
curing disease.
I might be a lumberjack,
hacking down trees.
I might be a zookeeper
taming baboons
but never you fear:
I’ll keep watching cartoons.
My hair might turn grey
and my joints might go creaky.
My mind might go blank
and my bladder go leaky.
I might lose my teeth
and eat mush with a spoon
but as I expire
I’ll be watching cartoons.
With the WOWS!
and the POWS!
and the ZAPS!
and the ZOOMS!
no I’ll never stop watching cartoons!
(published in I Bet I Can Make You Laugh)