Now grown, in a dripping wet house of my own,
being plumber and father combined,
why don't we have love
most all of the time?

 

Note: This page will make more sense if you have read My House Was Always Wet, which precedes this page in the cycle.

from Son of a Poet

poem © Copyright 1986 and 1999 by Joe Cottonwood
drawing © Copyright 1986 by Shirley Bortoli

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