Heavens above, what’s wrong with you?
Please get down from the tree, –
You’re not impressing anyone –
Least of all not me!
Your audacious, sad behaviour
Makes me wish that you weren’t mine –
So stop this silly nonsense
Or I’ll end up doing time!
When it’s chilly you play outside
With your sandpit and your swing
And even though you’re horrible
We still let you back in;
So father dear, remember this –
You’re 75, not ten,
Some day you’ll go in Nursing Home –
And it’s up to me just when…!
March 2019
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I love the humour in this, Marlene. Really good.
Ha, ha, wonderful and such a tonic to those of us who have had to care for the elderly.
Love the twist at the end. How our parents can become our children. An increaslingly more frequent and sad occurrence in our aging population.
Not an easy topic. Handled really well. Thanks.