Daddy's a Workaholic

Daddy’s a workaholic... But what about the hospital stay... the loss of blood, his ashen dignity Slight prate about moving into a veteran’s home Only in his young eighty’s Workaholics don’t quit Laboring healthward So the tiller cranks for cultivating and the garden is sown, yet during it's interval of growth he’s... vigorously active delivering the ‘elderly’ to appointments While taking pride in saplings he's gathering and transporting the yield And I, plop down on my patio swing imbibing a cappuccino Thinking “What a ‘workaholic’ my daddy is”!