Conjurer Of Chaos

The Mews

What’s for lunch, adult hypocrisy or childish brutality, or both

CONJURER OF CHAOS

Fitzroy had gone missing

Nowhere to be seen

Was he out and about

Or hiding like a craven chicken

Frit like a frit thing

But that was not his style

More likely he had decided to absent himself from the playroom

Afraid of what he might do

But why, well simple really

Fitzgerald was in the house

The roughest of bears

Had arrived with family friends

The kids made a beeline for the playroom

Fitzgerald conjuring chaos already

Downstairs the adults were getting loud

When eating en famille

Hardly a titter

But now every word seemed to be accompanied by wild unrestrained laughter

Not a time to disturb the adults

With anything but the most serious of matters

Even the most caring parents change in company

Even with company they don’t like, and it has been whispered

They detest this couple

Anyhow the kids all get on, that was

Except for Fitzgerald

And it seemed the time had come to do something

Fitzgerald had been arrested

And brought kicking and screaming to a hastily convened court

The oldest being judge

The evidence was heard

How did the one-eyed doll become the one-eyed doll

How did the marionette get a chip out of its shoulder

How did the pot get overturned

Why is the noblest of bears, Fitzroy

Not gracing us with his presence

The judge addressed Fitzgerald and started to sum up

The reason is you, Fitzgerald, YOU

You have crossed the line

Crossed all the lines it is possible to cross

Is there any reason why you should not be handed the harshest penalty

Not the charity shop, he cried

No, not the charity shop

Worse than that

The judge addressed the accused directly

Fitzgerald Bear, known as Fitzgerald the Rough

You have been responsible for the most heinous crimes

Ever to be committed in this playroom

And that is saying something

And by the authority vested in me by this court

I will impose a sentence on you to be carried out immediately

I sentence you to…

The door opened

Come on kids, time to go

Oh just five more minutes, they pleaded, to finish the game

No, we have to go now

And so they went

And if it was possible for teddy bears to sweat

Then Fitzgerald’s fur would have been extremely damp

But did it change him, well probably not

And downstairs arrangements were already being made for the next visit.