the nest of the story

1 little, 2 little, 3 little…
once upon a time
tic-tac, pat-a-wack and
we chased the goodnight
mouse
as he hid from the
moon, cheese sammitch
tea parties, proper as you please
head-bumping
wild things wearing
chocolate milk
wet lipped happy silly
for our Sunday best
on a Tuesday ‘cause
Thursday was too hard
to spell, and the dog and the cat
all wore elephant hats

2 little, 3 little…
story time starts
morning and afternoon
nippity nap and
we’re rolling a
Jeremiah’s bullfrog
song along pouring out of
sun stained face
still winning the
race, tickity-tock
water balloons filled
with a tiny-toon splash of
split-splat
a tablecloth on the floor and
dinner is served

3 little…
llama lips
tippity-tap shoes
hi ho, hi ho, its off to
hunting giraffes the long side
of the road
remembering all the way
home, home again
big bad wolf, the blow
and
mamma was the teacher but
she acted like a preacher
so we did our
how-do-you-dos and
how-do-you-dos and
how-do-you-dos again

1 little, 2 little, 3 little
all left the nest
1 by 1 by 1
chirpy chirpy cheep cheep
breast fed on
stolen lines
incomplete rhymes
because that was all I knew
to do
but
as I listen
to them
now
from my open door
I hear
the harmony in
their voices as
they call
the names they
know themselves by
out loud


psgates