First Dibs

A claim; rights
When we were in kindergarten
girls and boys could claim
their rights without fighting
over something they wanted.
The first to claim
got the thing
and it was called
first dibs.
If you said the same
thing at the same time
first dibs got the prize.
It worked for everybody
except those who had to fight.
The child in me acknowledges
that you had first dibs.