Why I need a time machine

Yesterday's word was nemesis. "What did I just do? I said what if I lose this power. Oh no. I had the power, then I lost it. Had it then I lost it."

So what supercalifragilisticexpialidocious things did you do as a three year old?

When I was three I'm pretty sure I was using my mom's necklaces to pretend I was the Childlike Empress (from the Neverending Story) in the mirror.... meanwhile this kid is memorizing and reciting poetry better than most adults I know.

Litany
By Billy Collins 

You are the bread and the knife,
The crystal goblet and the wine…
—Jacques Crickillon 

You are the bread and the knife,
the crystal goblet and the wine.
You are the dew on the morning grass
and the burning wheel of the sun.
You are the white apron of the baker,
and the marsh birds suddenly in flight. 

However, you are not the wind in the orchard,
the plums on the counter,
or the house of cards.
And you are certainly not the pine-scented air.
There is just no way that you are the pine-scented air. 

It is possible that you are the fish under the bridge,
maybe even the pigeon on the general’s head,
but you are not even close
to being the field of cornflowers at dusk. 

And a quick look in the mirror will show
that you are neither the boots in the corner
nor the boat asleep in its boathouse. 

It might interest you to know,
speaking of the plentiful imagery of the world,
that I am the sound of rain on the roof. 

I also happen to be the shooting star,
the evening paper blowing down an alley
and the basket of chestnuts on the kitchen table. 

I am also the moon in the trees
and the blind woman’s tea cup.
But don’t worry, I’m not the bread and the knife.
You are still the bread and the knife.
You will always be the bread and the knife,
not to mention the crystal goblet and—somehow—the wine.

Yeah...

I need a time machine to tell my 3-year old self to take that trumped-up amulet off my head and start reading some poetry.

And, "Don't give me that look, kid! I don't care if you can't read yet! Start learning your letters!!"