by Jennifer Hinders

Created on: October 03, 2009   Last Updated: October 04, 2009

Someone should have warned us,
How difficult it would be
To raise our little Joey
And keep our sanity

He started off so cuddly
A darling child; so sweet
He soon became Piranha
Who always wanted to eat

When Joey became a toddler
He learned so many things
Like books won't eat bananas
And cats haven't any wings

He started elementary school
Such a bright child, we both knew
Except for math and science
And all the other subjects, too


Then Joey became a teenager
He looked just like a man
Eating us out of house and home
Screaming "You never understand!"

Someone should have warned us
He'd move away and never come back,
Leaving us with just memories
And our sanity all in check

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