It feels good at the playground.
You meet some pals on a Saturday morning,
and bring your stick swords.
You run and jump and roll in the grass...
watch out for the ducks!
You have to follow the rules:
Get in a circle, and bow
face to the ground
(tiny dewdrops
cling to slender blades of grass -
and your nose)
Don't step over anybody's sacred stick! Ach!
Bow again
it can't hurt -
You yell and attack, and - oops -
fall to the earth -
aheeeeahhh!
he got me.
Get muddy
get happy
get mad
get back
or maybe not,
it's all pretend,
and off with your head!
New kids come and go.
There's tea party,
maybe you'll get some.
Maybe you won't!
Tiptoe around the leader of the pack,
unless it's his turn to get attacked...
Charge!
Leave behind your shoes or jacket,
just to see who'll bring them back
don't forget to pay your dues
keep on playing, come back