Eric Ashford Poet Free verse

If I Had a Daughter

If I had a daughter,
I would be the kind of father
that owns a muscle car.
I would never be seen
without my Wrangler jeans.

If I had a little girl
I would carry her around
on my shoulders.

People would say:
Hi father, who has a daughter.
Then a small voice by my right ear would reply:
'That’s my daddy!'

Every day
I would change her socks.
I would search the world
for white or pink cotton socks,
socks with flowers on them,
some with lacy frills.

If I had a daughter,
she would be a lot better
than your daughter,
but she would never say so.

We would drive to the Wrangler store,
then to the sock shop.
The ladies who sell cotton socks
would admire my jeans.

My little daughter would say:
'O daddy,
Just look at these pretty cotton socks,
can I have them?'

Then I would say:
'Sure baby girl,
anything for you'.

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