A Surprise? (30/36)
Vonnets in an Airport Lounge
“What a brood! You had three little youngings.
After heartache, your family flourished.
Sounds like you two were all-in a-plunging.
I know with love your kids’ youths were nourished!”
In those years we were both mid-late thirty
so we were not exactly spring chickens.
Our elbows up, changing diapers dirty,
baby hygiene where sight and smell sicken.
Still, “How many children?” A choice confronts.
In our case, stop at three or go for more?
Last opportunity? Life goes round once.
“What the hell,” we decided. “Why not four!”
Sharing our news we oft got a strange rise.
“Congratulations! … Was this a surprise?”
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