They sit cross legged
eagerly anticipating.
Passed hand to hand
rapidly at first, then slowly
hoping for the game’s end.
Tiny hands tear at the wrapping
another layer,
an audible sigh,
so on again, back and forth
this way and that.
Crumpled pink and blue bunny rabbits
torn Thomas the tank engines
partial Peppa Pigs
discarded in piles en route to the prize
just one more
just one more paper frontier to be crossed
just one more
© Sheila Ash 20th September 2015
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