Imagine That ,Illoshkas Hat
Six tigers swam across the bay
they sniffed the air and came my way
I had no fear but asked the time
they answered me in pantomime
I tipped my hat and said Goodbye
but tiger five began to cry
so I went with them for a chat
without a word....imagine that
we ate an elderberry stew
across a bridge inTimbuktu
with seven sisters singing grace
we bought a condo on the place
I caught some stars at dinnertime
we ate them with blueberry wine
then mother called me from the moon
she smiled and told me "Be home soon".
'"illoshka wants his hat returned,
you should have asked,and now youv'e learned'
I should have asked,imagine that
before I wore illoshkas hat
I took it off and looked around
my mind returned to solid ground
The tigers turned to swaying palms
the seven sisters sang their psalms
and waved Goodbye across the bay
the condo turned to bits of clay
and I went home where mother sat
waiting for illoshkas hat.
Copyright © Johnette Loefgren | Year Posted 2006
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