Committing to writing at least one “family member” poem a week while I’m staying with my in laws was an…interesting move on my part. However my two month old nephew probably won’t get offended by this.
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You like the lights
In grandma’s dining room.
My glasses fascinate you.
You’re a devotee
Of being gently jiggled up and down.
Your relatives will buy you little shirts
That make of you a fan
Of Mickey Mouse
Of Spider-Man
The SF 49-ers
As if you had the slightest inkling
Of comic books, or football, or cartoons.
But you’ve already told us all your tastes.
I’m getting you some shirts
That have the lights in grandma’s dining room
My glasses,
And “being jiggled up and down 4 life” on them.
I think they’ll suit you.
Tom Juniper Poetry 