What so attracts all small children
To worms, pansies and puppy dog tails,
Mud puddles, toilet bowls and snails?
Why crawl under beds, chairs and tables,
Into flower beds, cupboards and drawers,
After cats, dogs and almost anyone
Going anyplace away from home?
What makes candy tastes better with dirt
To almost any small child anywhere?
Cannot any of them eat their food
Without getting it into their hair, on their clothes,
Their faces, the table, floor and everywhere?
But, should I protest so much
When that sleeping face looks so angelic,
When two small hands hug my neck,
Or one small body falls asleep
While I am reading a bedtime story?
What is that magic spell that all
Small children cast on all of us
Who are no longer young?
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