A Special Blanket

COLOR CARNIVAL

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A SPECIAL BLANKET

There are millions of blankets like this in the world

But this one is special to me.

It was made, by my Mother a long time ago,

In about nineteen seventy-three.

She made it from scraps of wool given by friends,

So the colours are varied and bright.

 She'd be pleased to know it has kept us warm

On many a cold Winter's night.

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COME BACK GIGI!

Do you remember Gigi?

Do you recall her colt-like enthusiasm,

Her awkward grace,

Her charming innocence?

Do you remember Tomboys?

Those girls, in 'our day',

Who were described as 'betwixt and between",

'All arms and legs',

'Little ugly ducklings'?

Do you recall their gangliness,

Their bony knees covered in bruises,

Their hair bobbed into a 'pudding-basin' shape?

Gigi blossomed.

That was what it was called in those days.

"Your Greta has certainly blossomed'

One mother would say to another.

And everyone knew what was meant.

In the fulness of time Gigi became a woman.

In the fulness of time our Tomboy became the toast of the town.

In the fulness of time……..

But now time has no fulness to arrive at.

That time between childhood and womanhood

Has been filled-in

In a sort of paint-by-numbers,

One-size-fits-all

Sort of way.

Our Tomboy sports painted toe-nails,

Gauzy 'bling',

Frothy tutus

And all the accessories required by today's

(heaven help us!)

'Tween'

Perky little bras adorn

Very non-perky little chests.

These young girls will blossom, too,

No doubt about it.

Eventually Nature will catch-up with fantasy.

But at what price?

There will be no hesitant little ballerina

Emerging from the wings,

Pristine, shiny, new.

There will be no universal gasp

At the transformation.

'Been there, done that.'

The eyes will be less wide,

The skin will be less dewy,

The breathlessness will be less thrilling.

And the tutu will be grubby and crumpled.

Come back, Gigi!

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