Daddy And The Chainsaw

Ode To My Chainsaw

Today was the day

I defied my dad;

I bought the chainsaw

I never had.

I asked him once

To borrow his saw;

He refused to lend it

What a stingy paw!

He said I needed

Some steel-toed shoes;

He obviously thought

I had toes to lose.

Instead he gave me

A rusty hand saw;

For me that was nearly

The very last straw.

I was over 30 years old

And had a little sense;

This chainsaw dilemma

Was making me quite tense.

So I waited my time

But I knew one day,

I'd get my own chainsaw

And see what he'd say.

Well Daddy went to Heaven

And five years later,

I finally got my chainsaw

With teeth like a gator.

Maybe up where he is,

Daddy will stifle a guffaw,

And find a toe-protecting angel

For his daughter with a saw.

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Things that make today great: Taking Steve to the airport; Hiller water checkup man; new chain saw; dinner with Molly, Lynnette, Lindley, and Sarah; getting errands done; chatting with MB; season finales of Biggest Loser and Dancing With The Stars