Bury face in the sweet grass <br />Smell damp earth <br />Things past <br />Lay on back <br />Look up to the sky <br />Dream of Spitfires screaming by <br />Kick an anthill <br />Catch a grass snake <br />Get left with a lizards tail <br />Collect eggs in a pail <br />Cook an omelette by the barn <br />Land a Perch <br />Watch the sun die <br />Bats fly round the campfire <br />Find a hot patch <br />Roast some toast <br />Get something to burn <br />That old post <br />A dry cowpat <br />Lay down <br />Warm ground! <br />Tell a yarn <br />Look in at the Pyre <br />Fantastic <br />Bright <br />Yellow <br />Red <br />Fire <br />Blow <br />Get a hot cheek <br />Set the grass alight! <br />Sparks fly <br />Rest my chin on my fist <br />Mates grin <br />Where can we get a cavalry sword? <br />Stare into the red abyss <br />Red eyes <br />Smokey shirt <br />Fresh air <br />Dead beat <br />Roll on back <br />Check out the stars <br />Which one’s Mars? <br />No idea whats in store <br />Who cares what life is for <br />Just now <br />When you are Eleven<br /><br />Egal Bohen<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/english-boy-or-eleven/
