Pictures of the Missing

I sit here reminiscing Looking at my pictures of the missing In this one, he’s in the first grade, with a smile that's wide and bright That MISSING tooth in the center, he lost the previous night Here, he’s in the snow, with it still falling from above Look at his little cold, left hand, we never did find that MISSING glove Ahhhh, look, he’s playing baseball, with that silly crooked hat I’m afraid he’s MISSING another pitch with that way-too-heavy bat This one is a birthday party, he is counting the candles on his cake Unfortunately it was MISSING one and he turned twelve again by mistake Oh, here is his first car, a fixer-up indeed It was MISSING most of the engine parts that a running engine really needs In this one what is MISSING you cannot really see But I am sure that he is MISSING another class at University I hope I didn’t mislead you, my son is still with us today I am just looking at old photos and having fun with some wordplay written and posted on 3/2/12 for the "Missing" contest