Reminiscing




When darkness falls and day is done

Another log is laid on the fire

When the moon replaces the sun

I start to thinking before I retire




Thinking back to early days

when I was about age six

I was in my clumsy phase

And my legs looked like two sticks




It was then my two front teeth weren't there

And I lisped when I spoke

The time I got gum in my hair

And my mom soaked it in egg yoke




Oh, she was mad as mad could be

But she never cussed a word

While dad swung me over his knee

And said words I'd never heard




It was as a teen and in high school

I thought I was such a beauty queen

And knew for sure that teens rule

Could see everyone envious and green




But of coarse I was wrong

I was just plain and so was my face

To the in crowd I didn't belong

And they all put me in my place




When out of school and fully grown

And working at a job

My wild oats I had sown

Oh, I was such a snob




I raised a family just like the rest

And spoiled them one and all

I was a good mom. Gave it my best

That's all of my life that I recall




That's all the reminiscing for tonight

I thought it all before

I see through the window that it is light

And now I close the door

Goodnight.


June 29, 2005


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