Shared Pleasure

Shared Pleasure

Noel Laflin

5-19-16

Mom kept small gifts in the old, squat dresser,

In the event the grandkids might show.

And the kids knew exactly where those gifts were stored

When they came to visit my folks,

(Which, was often) -

Racing from a parent’s car,

Across the lawn, through the door,

Down the hall, and to the spare room where the

Small, squat dresser held the horde.

It never got tiresome, the watching of that race,

The pleasure shared by young and old alike.