" Nicks Days "

three days in the life
of a four year old Nick
Dick was the fellow
who boarded his horses
at the stable
behind the house
he also had Ethel
a goat and fancy chickens
one day one of the chickens
attacked Nick flying
towards his face
we cleaned up Nicks face
and made chicken soup
next day Nick was riding
on the wheelhorse mower
with his father
it went over and landed
upside down on top of Nick
some how his father moved it
when he walked into the house
I was on the phone
but knew immediately
when I saw him
something was wrong
when I reached up and brushed
the hair off his forehead
it was turning blue
as luck would have it
I was on the phone
with our doctors wife
he was on his way home
from the hospital
she told him to turn around
Nick had a concusion
shortly thereafter
I was in the kitchen
just having made
our morning coffee
I had put a cup and saucer
of hot coffee on the kitchen table
Nick came running into the kitchen
and grabbed the edge of the table
and flipped the hot coffee
onto his face
I ran for ice and a towel
which I put over his face
my heart sank when he said,
"Mom I can't see."
I said,"Why?"
he said,"Because you have
a towel over my face."
his face healed nicely