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Are you a Mom or a Dad
I'm going to explain blackmail
You will know just what I'm
talking about
Most of us have been there
I have no doubt

Blackmail......
That's an ugly word
""" I'M TELLIN' GRANDPA """
Is that something you've heard?

Forty pounds of "little person"
Can hold you at bay
Because they already know
Grandma or Grandpa
will let them have their way

Where are those "parents"
of not so long ago
When "WE" asked for something
the answer was always "NO"

Just what is this metamorphosis
that, all of a sudden, took place in time
What happened to those parents
that used to be mine?

Here is the setting
See if you agree
If the answer is "No"
They cross those little arms
with those big eyes glaring back at me

The next sweet little words
from this Angel, that is yours
"If.... you .... don't .... let .... me.........."
They have now declared
the war of wars!

I'm tellin' ya....it's blackmail
in it's truest form
I would rather battle a lion
or take on a tornado in the fiercest storm

Your hands are tied
They've got you licked
Having a Grandma or Grandpa
wrapped around your little finger
Is really a neat trick

But if you have little children
I have a secret for you
Sweet revenge is in your future
If they only knew

Payback is soooooo
wonderful
Do you want to know how
Just count the years
'Cause I'm the Grandparent now

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Dedicated To My Three Wonderful Children
And My Two Sweet Grandchildren
Original Poem © 2003 - Revised 1/5/08
All Poetry Original & Revised Versions were written by
Kathryn Sunday Davis
Unless otherwise noted on the page.
I do not revise or claim poetry that I did not originally write.





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