Piss and Vinegar

piss & vinegar “the kid’s gonna be full of piss & vinegar,” they might say, when gathered round in a family function & watching the little one run amok, or they might see her/him throw a ball & deduct that the kid will certainly be a famous football player, or when the little one whines, suddenly the rock star is born--- all of this resides in the dreaming mind of the parent, but means nothing in the great scheme of the little one’s life to come, for s/he will be everything that was never imagined & part nurture, part nature, there might be a chance, if you’re lucky, that s/he turns out happy, which is much more important than any of the lives you wish you had led, which you thrust on the life of a kid whose barely begun yet.