poem - Fall II

Grandpa save me tight

she said afterwards...
she mostly listened

“Grandpa save me tight!”
she said afterwards

Mommy had said
Stay back from the edge

She mostly listened
Her sister did

While grandpa and mommy
Pulled and strained and lifted

One three year old up
The other sat

Holding sunglasses for one half hour
Straight

But hands move when seats don’t
And sunglasses didn’t bend that way

Thank Godd only sunglasses broke
When one child listened