Hey there
kid
You got a
good thing going
A sincere
smile
With sunny
eyes
That keep
you
Out of the
worst trouble
Your
mother tries her best
To get you
to slow down
Your
father asks
Until he’s
blue in the face
That you
hold still
For just
thirty seconds
But that’s
not you
You are a
kinetic ball
Bouncing
from scream to scream
With the rapidity
of a fly
Until you
find something
A point to
focus on
If it is
making Josie scream
You are in
trouble
If it is
building an elaborate structure
From the
massive pit of Legos
We are
delighted and relieved
But lest
someone wonder
You are a
good one
There’s a
reason we keep you around
You say
the nicest things
And when I
have an extra-long day
And I missed
dinner one more time
You notice
You make a
point of finding me
Let me
know I am a good dad
Even ask
if I will be at dinner tomorrow
I will try E-z-P
I
love you kid
He even
spares half a breath
To say he
loves me too
Before slamming
our bedroom door
Bounce-bounce-thump
As he
jumps across his sister’s beds
Like we
till him not to
Every
single time
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