Grandkids

11/19/24

Grandkids just left, we had Sunday dinner together,

            Fifth grade and seventh, they’re smart, energetic, well-rounded,

Red-headed, and seeing them made me think

            That they’ll have plenty to protest,

                        Much to protect themselves from, and

                                    So much to learn;

What opportunities we’ve robbed them of,

            A stable future, a habitable planet,

A kinder, more honorable society

                        in a safer, more benign world

            Than the one we’re about to become.

Isn’t it a child’s obligation to

            Rebel against their parent’s,

Or a society’s,

Terrifying decisions.