The Missus is on my Back.

[Pete Ak]

The Missus is on my back,
Children, playing pirates
ride my feet. Their
arms enfold my calves,
giggling grins as wide as verity.
Along the path,
gnarled, spirit hands
of my mother and father
reach without grasping.
I trudge contentedly.


O r i g i n a l
Wife on my back,
'ankle-biters' have pirated my feet.
Arms enfold my calves,
grins as wide as verity.
Along the path, gnarled hands
reach without grasping.
I trudge contentedly.