Quiet

A little quite had sometimes
It calms the soul absolves your crimes
A precious moment so sublime
For musing on some dorky rhymes

Quiet time you cannot miss
A little person sleeps in bliss
Angelic visage beholding this
All is right... Nothing's amiss

The baby sleeps inside her chair
Without a whim, without a care
Like an Angel come to bear
She glows with light - she sleeps on air

Options for Exercise

Wake up wake up let's go out!
I could use some exercise
C'mon now don't make me shout
Work my pecs my abs & thighs

Swing? Sure but just 1 thing
A bathing suit I did not bring
What about a 10 mile run?
Sounds great... but too much sin

Tennis balls you'd like to hit?
Whoa I'm not sure that I'd like it
Or paddle in a big canoe?
But that's the one thing I never do

Maybe we could take a walk
Assuming that my leg won't balk
What's that then? You want to ski?
You should go that's not for me

So maybe we'll stay in today
The two of us in bed all day
All the sights we will miss out
But maybe we will still work out?

A Well Thawed Out Pan

Behold a pan so perfect
Well thawed out in design
I think its just so worth it
We sell a braid with rhyme

It will give you a probation
And tersen down your sentence
And at the demon station
You'll get holy three and ten pence

Daughter vs WiFi

Hello all you folks can I have your attention
I'm comparing my daughter to WiFi connection
No doubt your aghast and you think that I'm rude
For not give the WiFis the affection I should
But the thing is dear fellows you must understand
WiFis are good but a baby is grand!

With WiFis you've freedom from the computer to stray
However with a daughter - no such luck - you must sit there and stay
With WiFis you are zooming and zapping away
Whereas with a daughter you're changing her diapers all day
But the thing is dear ladies you must contemplate
WiFis are good but a baby is great!

The WiFis will take you around the whole world
You can swim with the fishes or fly like a bird

You can travel straight up to the top of a mountain

Or explore a city and see all its fountains

But the thing is dear people I must let you know

With a daughter there's no limit to how much your heart can grow

The Säugling

The Säugling sucks and sucks some more
Sucking burp light out a snore
Then she wakes and sucks again
Suck suck suck suck her refrain

For those who speak German:

Der Säugling isst alles er isst ganz verruckt
Er isst und er isst und es kommt nach zuruck

A Good Life

I love my wife you know of course you do I say it all the time
It's true that I am chuffed about this little life of mine
I love it for the rhythm and I love it for the rhyme
I love that everyday I wake up next to Caroline
Not to say that every day is always so sublime
But I really think I'm making good my promises divine

You see folks its not like I have always been so fine
I came close to dying back in Nineteen Ninety Nine
I spoke to God and said to him - my troubles's genuine (gen-u-ay-n)
Please save me God please save me and my whole life will be thine

Today I go on living today I'm still alive
And everyday I'm proud to say for Caroline I strive
And here and there be helpful, if helpful I can be
Fulfilling my promise, the promise God made with me

Cold Cold Day

Its a really cold cold day
I won't go outside and play
To my work I will not go
You cannot make me no no no

Here inside its nice and warm
Safe from the impending storm
The only thing - sure you agree!
Is it's much warmer when your with me

Here we are all bundled up
Like a newborn swaddled pup
Your with me and I'm with you
Warmth pervades (you know its true!)

I will stay inside today
Waiting for a warmer day
At least we're both here in our pad
Life it seems is not so bad