Can it be?
A quarter century already?
Why, just the other day
I sat on the diving board
and heard I was to be
the youngest GP in town
Perfect timing on her part
any earlier and it would have
been a miracle,
later and she would
still be in college.
The cost of having her
for a quarter century was cheap.
I just had to be a very young Grandpa
I learned to boast that
I was the youngest Grandpa in town.
"You're too young"
"You have to be kidding!"
"Gee, your daughter looks just like you."
No grey, no limp, no cane
the perfect time
to have a granddaughter.
Off to kindergarten
past Lake Dorian
every teacher and principal
an old friend.
Start a campus school,
sign up a student or two,
recruit a talented teacher.
Watch the perfect child
do homework without a prompt
clean up the mess and
get home early.
Lead a cheer for all of us.
What a joy, what a fun time
trying not to be proud
of what she did alone.
Easy job to raise a granddaughter
when she does all the work
and I have all the pleasure.
The second act
in the next quarter century
can try to do better, but!