A small person asserts himself
a movement caught my eye.
It was a child,
just about knee height,
stamping his feet.
His mum was trying to coax him across the street,
but the playground was the other way.
There's a reason why preschoolers are so small-
the mum scooped him up onto her hips, and crossed the road.
He whined
and directed blows at her shoulders with tiny fists
but one could see his heart was not in it.
Secure in his mum's arms, he played his role, that of a three-year old trying to assert himself,
while she played hers
with soothing whispers and a firm hold.
They discussed going to the playground that evening
as they passed me, on my morning walk.
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