and I have seen the dragons at the gates
inspecting bread for the little children underfed.
smart in their horn rimmed spectacles,
looking the part: oh no, they croak
and licking their greeny green lips:
the crust's too thick on this.
and so, they lop it off; bringing it
home by truckloads for the
surfeited dragon babies.
observe the protocols:
they scream at the trainees:
first of all, no cake ever!
especially not: raspberry filled.
of course, at the holiday parties
you can imagine what gets passed around
on the tea trays in their posh dragon-
comfy dens. oh well, I've
said it all now:
who, what, why, where and when
we'll get the crumbs and
pretend there's icing left on them.
but they turned slit eyed at my meek request
demanding proof from me
that I knew best
what children liked
having been one myself once...
and threw such dragony fits
and turned bright red
at my demonstrable lack of cred
as though I had to go to school for it.
mary angela douglas 20 july 2015 rev. 13 june 2017
inspecting bread for the little children underfed.
smart in their horn rimmed spectacles,
looking the part: oh no, they croak
and licking their greeny green lips:
the crust's too thick on this.
and so, they lop it off; bringing it
home by truckloads for the
surfeited dragon babies.
observe the protocols:
they scream at the trainees:
first of all, no cake ever!
especially not: raspberry filled.
of course, at the holiday parties
you can imagine what gets passed around
on the tea trays in their posh dragon-
comfy dens. oh well, I've
said it all now:
who, what, why, where and when
we'll get the crumbs and
pretend there's icing left on them.
but they turned slit eyed at my meek request
demanding proof from me
that I knew best
what children liked
having been one myself once...
and threw such dragony fits
and turned bright red
at my demonstrable lack of cred
as though I had to go to school for it.
mary angela douglas 20 july 2015 rev. 13 june 2017
