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Button, button,
who's got the button?
Hands in prayer—position,
the It-girl passes
around the party circle,
inserting flattened hands
between the similarly flattened,
very receptive,
praying pairs of little hands.
Seated guests watch keen-eyed
to distinguish the
true deposition of the button
from the mock deposit.
Now who has the button?
Where has it been left?
Was the It-girl sufficiently skilled
to fool the watchers?
Only two people among all these party-goers
(poker-faced, if they're smart)
know who has the button.
Small things are easily hidden.
Look! You can hide a button
in your prayer-folded hands,
then pass it along,
in secret,
to a friend.
Something small can disappear
if you so much as blink.
Copyright © 2014 Ann Tudor
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