\u201cCould I speak to Mom, please?\u201d
\nI handed the phone to my wife
\nWho had been hanging over my shoulder
\nSo closely, I could hear her impatience.<\/p>\n
Retired from teaching, I was
\nFinally hunting down my dream of
\nWriting for real.
\nNow here was child three
\nProbably hinting for money
\nFor his next big thing
\nOr for fuel oil
\n(Cold on their farm in winter)
\nAnd I didn\u2019t begrudge him and his girlfriend
\nAny help we could give
\nBecause they were
\nCloser to their dreams
\nIn their twenties
\nThan I was in my sixties.
\nAnd I \u2014<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d She said, \u201cYou\u2019re kidding!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d She said.<\/p>\n
\u2014 I was not really getting anywhere
\nAnd there was no sign that we were
\nEver going to have any grandchildren
\nIf we were going to have any,
\nIt looked as if we really would,
\nStrange as it may seem \u2014<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re proobruumble!\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u2014 \u201cWhat?\u201d I said. \u201cI didn\u2019t quite \u2014 \u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPregnant.\u201d<\/p>\n
No fair.
\nThat is a word that comes with blue skies
\nTrumpets, Drums, Jugglers, Elephants, Eagles and Pyramids.
\nI wasn\u2019t ready;
\nI was caught off guard
\nNaked on the street
\nSitting on the can
\nSomnambulistic
\nNarcoleptic
\nSomersaults, double-twisting-gaining-three-and-a-half in pike position
\nFirst prize in the lottery
\nAcademy Award
\nEmperor
\nArchangel
\nFinal reincarnation<\/p>\n
The rest
\nAs they say
\nIs History.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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