Time and Tide
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My kids don't have a grandma
but if they had ,I know
she'd fall asleep on beaches
to scorn the undertow.

She'd dress as the Easter Bunny
and scare them at the door.
She'd knit them clothes that never fit
to show she loved them more.

She'd give them cash for presents
and books in foreign tongues.
She'd baby sit when we're still home
and sing with all her lungs.

She'd bake them cakes with sherry
and smoke a small cigar,
the uselessness of algebra
she'd teach them in the car.

She'd find a cure for cancer
stop Aunt Mary passing gas,
she'd join the two Koreas
and keep candies in a vase.

She'd put the kids through college,
think I'm as handsome as can be
love them with the fiercest love
and dream she's on t.v.

My kids don't have a grandma
and maybe that's ok.
She just might never measure up
so instead I'll dream away.