The Prompt #129

Joining in with Sara for her wonderful creative writing linky -

I wasn't going to this week but then I saw the prompt word and suddenly I had a flood of memories plus a new moment this weekend so I thought - why not?  I can't say it's very well crafted but I hope you get the message behind it :)

TRICK!

With a snip and a snap,

bit the chewing gum pack

On my brother’s small finger

which took too long to linger

on my prankster pack of gum

This trick - my number one!

“Why do you have that penny there?”

My Dad would pluck one from my hair

Or behind my ear, beneath my chin

“Please show me how,” I’d beg of him

A way to make me smile however sad

A trick to save the day however bad.

“I can pull my thumb in half”

My nephew said with cheeky laugh

And with all eyes watching him

He amazed us with his grin

And his thumb in two parts - quick

For him it’s his first trick!

A deck of cards was all he had

But magic oozed from my grandad

And stories told of naughty Jacks

And Kings and Queens both red and black

He’d shuffle in and out the pack.

These tricks I’d all wish back.

How strange that mischief such as this

Throughout our lives gives us much bliss

For young and old, for girl and boy

Tricks played, tricks seen, dispense much joy

And gives us memories - filled with laughter

That we'll hold now - for ever after :)