Through A Child's Eyes
He reads the newspaper
so well.
He turns the page
so carefully
to scan the adverts
so impatiently.
He follows through
the Stock Exchange
with barely a glance
at endless cartoons.
It almost seems
he understands it all ---
this four-year-old.
Still --- perhaps he does.
It's upside down,
but still ---
I think he understands
as much as you or I.
Copyright 1968 : Colin Gordon-Farleigh
This poem was published in Through A Glass Window, Gazebo Books, Hants, 1968. It demonstrated a complete change of style to all of my previous poetry.
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