Baby-Sitting Now
Once they aren’t babies,
Are we baby-sitting, still?
We watch them and some necessary
Jobs we do fulfill.
The back and forth to school, the meals,
The homework and, of course,
The after-school activities
Which parents do endorse.
We show up when we’re needed
And do all that we are asked,
Including going places where
We’re distanced and we’re masked.
There isn’t lots of sitting
And they’ve left their baby phase –
Guess grand-kids watchers might be
A more fitting modern phrase.
Copyright © Ilene Bauer | Year Posted 2021
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