What My Dad Said

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Let’s try for one more,

A girl this time

You are chestnut glazed

And I love you.

She’ll grow short like her momma

And be blonde like me

Shy, in a Rhode Island jumper.

Don’t get me wrong,

I love our boys,

Red Rowdy Wiffle Ball Bat, and

Washington Blue.

They’re the kings of the Big Wheel,

Their hotdog cul-de-sac Kingdom,

I couldn’t be more proud.

But their spaceship minds

And cylindrical finds

Of worms, dead rabbits and dinosaur lines

Make me long for a daughter.

Something cinnamon, that will feel bad for the fish.