Tarzan

Sometimes

I was

Tarzan.

I made myself

a brilliant bow and arrow.

The arrow had a nail in it

for a point

held in by Elastoplaster.

It went really well.

I shot at a magpie

that flew

past

the house

and I really nearly

got it.

My arrow went

as high as

the bathroom window

then disappeared

through a

little round hole

in the glass

right in front of it.

I used to play

Tarzan

in the bedroom.

I had to get right round the room

without touching

the floor -

otherwise

the crocodiles

would get me and I’d

have to kill them with my knife.

After tea

Mum said

she had met

Mrs Rolfe in town.

Sometimes

you could see

Mrs Rolfe

in her kitchen

from our bedroom.

Mum said

Mrs Rolfe wondered

whether I was too big

to be playing in the window

in my underpants.