CHARLES & JOHN
by Michael R. Clem
One grandpa worked lumber in the Northwest scenery
The other a Chicago surgeon in proctology
They’ve both been gone a long long time
I think about them still
A woodworker, an ass doctor
whose shoes would I fill?
CHARLES AND JOHN
VERY DIFFERENT GENTS
LUMBERJACK – PROCTOLOGIST
BOTH ARE NOW PAST TENSE
TWO GRANDPAS
FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE
ONE LEFT STUMPS THE OTHER RUMPS
THE FATHERS TO MY ‘RENTS
Grandpa John a native of the State of Washington
He’d drink for his nutrition, he’d hunt & fish for fun
He never trusted any man who sported facial hair
& he crushed on Dolly Parton from his den recliner chair
He sure chewed me out when caught me sitting there
& many decades later, it still gives me a scare
CHARLES AND JOHN
VERY DIFFERENT GENTS
LUMBERJACK – PROCTOLOGIST
BOTH ARE NOW PAST TENSE
TWO GRANDPAS
FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE
ONE LEFT STUMPS THE OTHER RUMPS
THE FATHERS TO MY ‘RENTS
Grandpa Charles known to all his grandchildren as Fye
He worked on newborns without rectums, or else they would die
You may laugh, but he’s a man who many have to thank
a Navy doc in World War II, Rear Admiral was his rank
He sure chewed me out, for the lack of veg I ate
but bought me a train with an oval track though I wanted a figure 8
CHARLES AND JOHN
VERY DIFFERENT GENTS
LUMBERJACK – PROCTOLOGIST
BOTH ARE NOW PAST TENSE
TWO GRANDPAS
FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE
ONE LEFT STUMPS THE OTHER RUMPS
THE FATHERS TO MY ‘RENTS
The two met once, maybe twice, the week my parents wed
If they ever did converse, I wonder what they said
I’m sure the shake was very firm between these two fine men
& neither one the least concerned where each their hands had been.
CHARLES AND JOHN
I’M THE GRANDSON TO THESE GENTS
LUMBERJACK – PROCTOLOGIST
BOTH ARE NOW PAST TENSE
TWO GRANDPAS
FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE
ONE LEFT STUMPS THE OTHER RUMPS
THE FATHERS TO MY ‘RENTS
ONE LEFT STUMPS THE OTHER RUMPS
THE FATHERS TO MY ‘RENTS
ONE LEFT STUMPS THE OTHER RUMPS
THE FATHERS TO MY ‘RENTS
Grandpas
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