Long gone

Today my son
is the Black Fox
in a one-kid revival
of the ’50s classic, The Court Jester
as he stands around the kitchen shouting:
“Hawkins, get out of my clothes.”
“Hawkins, get out of my clothes!”
He wants to play with Danny Kaye
but Danny Kaye is long gone.

2 thoughts on “Long gone”

  1. angela lansbury was stunning as princess gwendolyn. danny’s shoes hard to fill. btw, real name was David Daniel Kaminsky, with the last name the same as my mother-in-law’s maiden name. all true.
    Fergus: I’m Fergus the Ostler.
    Hawkins: Whogus the Whatsler?
    -The Court Jester

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