Being King

By Richard L. Provencher

Wed, 29 Nov 2017
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Remembering an event at a 1950 Kanasuta Lake

Cub Camp in northern Quebec, my home province.

A favourite game was King-of-the-Hill. 

 

Being King

 

of the hill meant

a lot to a ten-year-old

shoving others

back as they approached

and holding your own as they

attacked from all directions.

 

Lee gets pushed aside

then Ricky and now                                                                                       

I’m in trouble as Kenny

my best bud grabs an arm

and swings me flying 

to the bottom--

 

my turn to receive the prize

of a fallen King.

 

(c) 2017 Richard L. Provencher

 

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Comments

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Kids learning the difficulties of being 'king'!

Not a comfortable job if all out to remove you. Actually good leadership is not so much an honour as exceedingly hard work I would think! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Richard L. Prov... on

Hi R. It was rather a robust game. Find a hiill. On Go -- Everyone rushes to the top to claim to be King. Everyone else tries to depose you. After exhaustion or a time frame the person on the top point is declared King, until the next game. A joyous fun time with no one getting slashed, or poked in the eye, etc. as occurs in hockey. . 

Richard L. Provencher