SUJI TWO GOING ON THREE
Suji flies her plane
circling higher and higher
at the merry-go-round
her last appointment
was with Pierre
in the play-school sand-pit
mademoiselle cuts
an elegant figure
with long black hair
pink dress and tights
(in her wardrope
are frilly trousers
and dynamite shoes
she has mini heels,
kick-boots, flip flops
and God knows what
stashed under the bed)
she laughs across the table,
her eyes scaling a plump fish,
sucking noodles
and stroking it’s tail.
Soon, bare-bummed in T-shirt,
she's chasing teddy round the sofa;
bear is wearing her nappies.
She scolds him for his mistakes.
Suji looks over her shoulder
ensuring I'm not distracted
or leaving her show.
In her bath she pours us
cups of drink-me-now-tea
she's off again,
powdered and scented,
in stripped khaki pyjamas
with leopard-paws feet
next morning she’s lifted
from living room floor
and draped over a chair,
not a stir
sound asleep!
That's Suji
Two Going On Three
Paris 2004
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