Ruby Quips

Our youngest daughter,
Ruby,
Was a source for
Of numerous
Memorable quips
When she was young.
I remember her whining
“I feel good!”
With a contorted face
Diametrically opposed
To her words.
One time
She came home
From first grade,
And blurted out
“How come I don’t have
A stepdad
Like everyone else
In school?”
She appeared to think
She had somehow
Been cheated
Because Cecilia and I
Were still together.
Was that ever
A statement of the times!
On another occasion,
On the banks
Of a river in Arizona,
Ruby initiated
A conversation
With a hobos
Who was fishing there.
On returning
She proclaimed
“Mama, he’d make
A good Papa!”
To which my wife
Laughingly responded,
“Just what do you
Have in mind?”
Yes, I do enjoy
Regurgitating
Those memories,
Even if my daughters
Might sometimes prefer
I develop a case of
Alzheimer's instead.