My Grandma

My grandma was not, at all, an attractive woman She was, as a matter of fact, rather common She was short and broad, which made her obese But, she was never reluctant to say her piece Her face was chiseled like the Egyptian sphinx From her long, braided hair she combed out the kinks She was blinded during childhood in her left eye Was, to my knowledge, never known to tell a lie As I recall, there was not a real tooth in her head At meals, she always laid out a handsome spread She was the best granny a kid could ever have Told me many things that gave me a belly laugh Whatever she lacked in physical appearance She made up for from her years of experience All in all, she was quite a formidable dame In our community everyone knew her name Though when I was young, she seemed rather old My sweet grandma had a heart of pure gold.