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Coffee and Toddlers and Tennis

Tennis on the television.
Heinous sneezes from my toddler.
Lettuce bits sprayed across our laps.
Menace to society's Joe the Waddler,

Arriving at the war zone toy room,
Deriving future campaigns in his mind.
Writhing within the haze of colored plastic he's
Diving into Roman ruins, covered in shiny blocks, laying supine.

In walks the 5-year-old
And our most decorated of soldiers.
Endowed with the wisdom to sleep in, she's now
Entwined with Daddy, smelling of warm bed and Folgers.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Krutsinger Avatar
April 9, 2020 at 5:32 PM
the "war zone toy room" made me smile for that is what so many of them truly are!
Bauer Avatar
February 1, 2020 at 7:03 PM
i enjoyed this, matt, especially the rhyming of "soldiers" and "Folgers."
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