DRESSING IT UP.

Apparently it’s book day today,
National Book Day,
As opposed to those local events
Where the tenants
Send sections
Of their personal collections
For consideration,
And invariably
Feel disappointment’s ointment
Coursing over their prose;

And who knows
What treasures will be unearthed today,
Or who’ll be the best dressed
At nursery
As the purpose’s occurrence
Insists
The kids
Dress up
As their favourite
Puppet
Or character
Dragged from the clutches
Of such books
That move them;

Alternatively they could always
Turn up at school
Dressed as themselves,
As who else
Could better wet their
Appetites.