KIDDY WINKS
Children can be a pleasure,
They can also be a pain;
Spare me the kids at leisure
In a train or on a plane!
They can be little angels,
Or the Devil's own sown brood;
Charming and disarming,
Or incorrigibly rude.
An old adage has just occurred
And refers to the typical brat -
Children should be seen...but not heard -
And I'll say amen to that!
I hear that some folks actually aim
To have their own some day;
Good luck, I think, but that's a game
I'll leave to them to play.
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M.C. Newberry
Sat 29th Sep 2018 16:21
The challenge to write a poem about children caused me
to come at it from both directions - having BEEN a child
with all the memories and NOT having children of my own
(but with numerous nephews and nieces). It was more fun
than I anticipated and, in a sense, I was winking at myself!