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I am Mr Tumble;

The photos do not lie.

The summer sawn-off trousers,

Short socks and red plimsolls,

Straw hat from the garden show,

Shirt, without a tie.

I am Mr Tumble.

If only it were true;

To smile at all times,

Turn the worst events

Into a laugh, for all to share.

No confrontation, violence,

No sense of us and them;

Just a shared experience

Of joy, whatever happens,

Of happiness today.

Even when the odds are stacked

The outcome seeming dire,

Your optimism will outlast

And go the extra mile.

I am Mr Tumble?

The photos do not lie?

If only new umbrellas

And old clothes

Were all it took

To make the sun shine

Every day.

Brian Hick August 2014

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