A small happening today made me smile
mother walks with toddler
looking for teddies and painted pebbles
in our window
a yellow cut-out teddy waves
and behind it I dance
around coffee time
we dance each morning
to the strains of China Crisis
The child looks from the gate
I wave and carry on
three times I wave
the music stops
I open the door and say hi
and the child and I dance
at a distance.