Under His Hat

ONE STOP POETRY

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Topic

'Through the Eyes of a Child'.

UNDER HIS HAT

We will never know

What is going on

Under his hat.

And he will not remember.

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He slashes at the sand

With his stick.

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Is he angry,

Yet still unused to the sensation?

Has someone said

'Time to go home!'

And he cannot explain

Why he suddenly feels

In a turmoil,

Frustrated, seething, ready to cry?

Slash! Slash!

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Is he imagining a scene?

Is there a great dinosaur

Writhing in front of him?

Is the boy all-powerful, majestic and in control?

Slash! Slash!

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Or does he just like the sound?

Slash! Slash!

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We will never know.

And he will not remember.

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But a lot is going on

Under his hat.

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CEREMONIAL

I am intrigued by the start of things;

What lies at the very heart of things.

For ceremonials seem to be set

Firmly in amber and yet.... and yet....

'It's always been done this way' they say.

But 'always' had its own natal day.

Someone, once, said 'Let's all kneel!'

Or 'I vote we hear the church-bells peal!'

Or 'How about if we shout Hip Hip!'

Or 'Lets walk in a circle and then dip!'

'I know!' another would say 'Then I'm

Going to say a really important rhyme!'

'Let's all throw our hats in the air!'

Another will say ' And tear our hair!'

Ideas must have surfaced one by one;

They probably had a lot of fun!

I bet they quarreled and disagreed

Over timing, wording, dance and deed!

Finally, feeling most frustrated

Someone must have stood up and stated

'The king's crowned tomorrow! It's up to me

To create something called a cer-e-mon-y.

Understand! We're on a mission,

Creating something they'll call TRADITION!

In hundreds of years I can hear them say

'Of course, it's always been done this way.'

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