Our love of jokes, silly, our antics
shared and inherited and imitated
boorishness relished together
that chocolate bar sneaked in long back
and savoured, games elephantine
and me winning with a lil help from you clementine
The bike rides, the wind
playing havoc on my hair unruly
and shaky zips on that borrowed scooty
The free rein that restrained me
without my ever knowing
Interest in my life juvenile-
shakes, heart-breaks and stuffings stupid
From my confident short curls
to my two-faced toe-nails
From ambition potent
to contentedness limp
From anger livid
to bliss serene
You love me,
Daddy,
don’t you?
@ lesleycarter, Leo Rex: Happy to see the likes of you (rs)