This hit my soft spot!
Celebration of life .
Happy Be to you and yours.
Lynn
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From: "garydawg" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 12:05 AM
Subject: Benjamin Two Weeks Grown
> Benjamin Two Weeks Grown
>
> The newborn-squeezed look disappears,
> pudgy kewpie-doll cheeks appear,
>
> your wide-awake day longer and full
> of baby-its-likely-only-gas smiles,
>
> pounds gained as you swallow
> close to three ounces instead of two.
>
> Benny-buddy, you become a vessel
> open to accept the world's wonders.
>
> for Daddy to teach you
> why you do not fall up,
>
> Mommy to explain to you
> why ice is hot and water solid,
>
> Grammy to sing to you
> how to live in harmony with cats,
>
> Grampy to spin wild tales
> of teddy bears and willow creeks,
>
> each of us to leave you
> the best and brightest future.
>
> September with Lynn: Homepage:
http://gardawg.homestead.com/homestead.html,
>
> Submissions: http://www.writershood.com/index.html
>
> Poets for Peace. ˇPoemas sí, balas no!
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