Poem - Tea Time

Tea Time

She said you put on the kettle and I will make tea
Hey I said whee are you going now
I'm just off to the garden to pick some sweetpeas
 slip slop her slippers went as she passed me at the door.

Well I might as well write some more
The kettle was whistling like a tiny toy train
The steam rose  in the clouds and now I could see
The green country side we were running through
The track gleaming bright in the Summer sunlight.

She came through the door with a huge Posy
                purple pink and white
Where have you been she said to me
      and what has happened to the tea
       flip flop went her slippers.

I have been having a dream I said
The Train steamed out ten minutes ago
             by the way I put on the kettle
You said you would make tea.

Again the whistle blew  The steam rose in clouds
       with the tea forgotten I was back on track
With the train going full steam ahead.

Hi she said its four o clock
Tea Time  we both  said in unison
As she passed me on the way to the kitchen
          her slippers flip flopped.

I got out of the train and came to tea.
We raised out cups together
           Tea Time We said.

By Hillie Feldman  4th July 1997