IT DAWNED ON ME TODAY

It dawned on me today
as I sang in the shower
on Sunday morning
that I have my father’s singing voice
and his range from high to low
and low to high

hah ha hah ha hahhhhhhhhhh!

I could have been a successful singer
a Sam Cooke or a Marvin Gaye
and then cold water reminds me
that I can’t carry a tune
I don’t have pop’s ear
nor his charm

It dawned on me when I read the headline
on the front page of the Sunday Tribune
“Married couples now a minority”
that I am not only in the majority
but I am a pioneer in the single life style

Did i do the right thing
defying dad and tradition?

Is it time for holy wedlock?

hah ha hah ha hahhhhhhhhhhh!