lizard king

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.