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Bud Grossmann's
Words of the Week
Week of March 13, 2005
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Eliz & Horse, 2004
© 2004, 2005 by Bud Grossmann
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GOOD-AS-NEW-ON-MONDAY
Poem published as a WIP dated June 26, 2001
© 1971, 2001, 2005 by Bud Grossmann. All Rights Reserved.
Congratulations, it's a girl
helpless and wrinkled and loud
messy diapers and innocent smile
oh, she looks just like her father
kitchy-kitchy-koo
Please don't pick your nose, dear
curls and ribbons and Sunday School dresses
seldom a worry that lasts overnight
skinned knees from climbing trees
what are you learning at school
Every day every fear
Look ahead they'll disappear
We'll wait up, come home by 12
parents just don't understand
stockings and blue jeans and mascara
Friday's broken heart good-as-new on Monday
which college will you choose
You've a lifetime ahead of you
we wish you'd get your degree first
pot and books and films and life
but love can't wait let's get married now
it'll be rough but we'll make it
Every day every fear
Look ahead they'll disappear
Let's go somewhere together alone
forever and always maybe years
when it's time to settle down
congratulations, it's a girl
How many winters how many springs
doesn't seem possible the children grown
with children of their own
rock rock rocking rocking chair
Lord have mercy
Grandma were you ever a little girl
Every day without fear
Look ahead we'll disappear
This poem was commissioned by and first publicly
presented by Frances Q. F. Wong in 1971.
This page was updated April 2, 2005, 0938 HST.
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