“Look! Look! The Emperor is Naked!!
ALAS –
In today’s world, too many naked emperors ‘n’ not enough children,
In fact, so many, that no one notices.
So it is startling, when a child comes along and says what he sees.
SHOCK – SILENCE – HUSH AND PRETENSES
“Who heard it?” “Not me!”
“Did you?” “Of course not !!”
“What are you talking about?”
Sometimes, a thundering voice – “Whose child was that?”
“Sorry Sir! It won’t happen again, I promise”
The child is hastily ushered, with stern instructions,
“DON’T EVER SAY THAT AGAIN! DO YOU HEAR??”
“But why Mommy, I was right! Didn’t you see?”
“That doesn’t matter “
“You little shit, I should have known better, and not brought you here”
Poor Child, I thought, it wasn’t his fault,
Then on a second thought, it could have been worse.
Mommy could have sweetly said,
“Honey! It is just a costume party, don’t you seeeeeee…..?”
And the child could have believed it.
He may even have thought – “Yea! That’s cool,
I am going to dress like that next year”,
More naked emperors…… Thank God for small favors!