lizard king
stomp and chomp and roar and claw
8:14 just me and mummy
cleaning cheerios off the kitchen floor
and I put on my shoes
pull the velcro strips a few times
give her a kiss and RAAWWR
out the back door and
stomp stomp stomp
up the garden path
to the trees at the back
my world.
*
And here I stomp and roar and claw for hours
looking for something to devour with my sharp t-rex teeth
chomp chomp chomp
lizard king of my jungle
*
until mummy says it’s time for a snack
then playgroup
where I stomp and chomp and roar and claw
with my dinosaur friends
and mummy looks tired
and sips tea with the other mummies.
*
Later, I am lying with my head
on my dino pillow
under my dino blanket
dino curtains closed
dino lamp on
cuddling Dexy Rexy
and closing my eyes tight
but downstairs there is shouting
now daddy is roaring
and stomping
and my heart is pounding
bomp bomp bomp
*
and I can’t sleep for ages
until I fall confused into dreams
of roaring and stomping and clawing
and ruling my jungle.
About the Creator
Beth Sarah
We've been scribbled in the margins of a story that is patently absurd
Comments (1)
Lovely.