The Alien Life, one panel Comic. An alien that looks like a pez dispenser is standing in a field. The caption reads: Stan could not understand why Earth children kept tipping his head back.

When do our toys become our things?

I had heard that
I shouldn’t play
with your things.
But, your things
were so much more,
in every way,
than my toys.

They were so
strong, so shiny
so interesting to hold.
I watched you,
carefully, while you
played with them.
I had to,
they were your toys,
clearly.

One day, I may
call my toys
my things
and forget that
it is play
I do with them,
but I would
rather not.