Bud the Teacher's Prompt for Today
Peek-a-Boo
Baby fingers hide eyes always wide
open with the call,
"peek-a-boo!"
But my mother tongue wants
to keep you
from the truth.
We keep on, you know,
with this baby game,
even when our hands wear the years on their skin.
We cover our eyes convinced
that when hands move,
the world will be new.
We smile in the face
of no surprise at all,
pretending the hiding is temporary,
only a peek
at the truth.
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