“Sophia Shingle’s Tea Party” read by Jason Kirk Bartley.
Sophia Shingle’s Tea Party
by Jason Kirk Bartley
Sophia Shingle was ready to mingle,
as she brought out four plates at her ripe age of eight.
Setting up a play table and a few chairs,
she was accompanied with two dark-haired dollies
and some stuffed, dark brown teddy bears.
They’d keep her company with her table all spread —
chocolate chip cookies, the bears and dollies were fed,
‘till from a teapot she poured each one his and her tea.
All of the neighbors watched her with such glee.
She was a neighborhood attraction!
Many uninvited guests like her brother and his friends,
the temptations they could not endure
of trying to behead her dollies,
and pluck out her bears’ fur …
Sophia became angry, her face was a tint of red.
Yelling and screaming, she could’ve awakened the dead.
The party was being crashed by these mischievous ones …
to them it was getting even and just having fun.
‘Till Sophia had had all that she could stand —
she went in and grabbed her daddy’s hand.
But the boys just fled the scene —
for today, they were done being mean.
It would be a sure grounding if they were caught doing these things.
They’d surely be disciplined with the lesson it brings.
Or maybe they’d stand in the corner,
or must do Sophia’s chores …
Next time she’d have the tea party
in her bedroom and lock all the doors.
About the Poet
Jason Kirk Bartley resides in Ohio. He is 50 years of age. He is married to his forever love and wife, Nila. He has a Master’s degree in ministry from Ohio Christian University in Circleville, Ohio. He has won many awards and been published in various places. God bless you all.
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