Chewing Lemons

I

You’ll forget your head
one of these days,
you said

and one of those days I did…

I must wear my cap in school
I must wear my cap in school
I must wear my cap in school…


II

You’ll be for the high jump
if you do that again,
you said

so I practised well
and I did it again…

I’ll come down soon
I’ll come down soon,
I’m fosbury flopping
over the moon


III

You’ll stay like that
if the wind changes,
you said

and one still day,
caught unawares
chewing a lemon…

I felt a breeze
I felt a breeze
I felt a breeze