RIFKAH GOLDBERG

"I ONCE HAD A DADDY" Little curly dark head Barely above my table "Used to think I had a daddy" "Of course You have one The man you go to Twice a week" "But other daddies Live at home" Chocolate brown eyes Indignantly shriek "Have more salad" I intervened "But I don't love it" Little mouth pursed "It's like this, dear We all have daddies But some stay And some leave" "Not fair I'd also like A new mummy or daddy Whenever I feel like it" Innocently the little one said 1999