Flavor of the Month
He asked me who was the new flavor of the month?
I admonished him, don’t let her hear you say that!
She ‘ll never bring them round for inspection.
We had to be coy to the decoy, if we gushed
or liked the boy, he was gone in a flash.
We learned the rules of this game early on.
For the last flavor, when asked what I thought
I answered, What do you think?
We treaded lightly so this one stayed
not melting like an ice cream
cone on the sidewalk.
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Linda – The joys of parenthood! Seems like you figured out how to play. “We had to be coy to the decoy,” – fun and clever poem.
Thanks was hoping someone got it!
It’s great how at the you ended the poem with an ice cream metaphor to reference flavor of the month. Clever!
I love the extension of the ice cream metaphor!
Love the flavor/melting metaphor!
And you captured the skill of parenting so well-
We treaded lightly..
I help my breath a little when I read this line! Parenting is a little like tiptoeing around a snake- treading lightly.
Oh, yes it is!