Puppy Love

'Twas the night known as Wednesday
in the middle of the week,
I was on my way home,
to my wife I did speak.

I asked for her order
for food she could dine
as we could eat together
spending "quality time."

When all of a sudden
she told me to "shush"
as she crept down the hall
careful not to rush.

As she peered 'round the corner
toward the noise in the study,
she spied our dear son
acting giddy & nutty.

Several taps on the window
his fingers did make
I thought "what is he up to
for goodness sake?"

My wife began to chuckle
as he jumped up & down.
He was looking out the window
at teenage girls all around.

He giggled and waved
and blushed red with glee
as the girls all looked back
smiling daintily.

They waved and they laughed
and the boy laughed too.
He continued to jump on the couch
like a young kangaroo.

My wife whispered to me
"he's flirting with them"
as she remained hidden
to watch him again.

Then he stopped and he yelled
as he put on his sock
"Mom, let's go outside
and walk 'round the block."

The girls, all five
were walking away
and my son, bless his heart,
was wanting them to stay.

It filled my old heart
with admiration and pride.
Yet his mother was stopping him,
as she kept him inside.

"You're squelching his moves, Mom"
I said with disdain.
"He can't go outside" she replied...
"it looks like it could rain."

"C'mon" I shouted,
feeling his grief.
"The boy wants to say 'hi'
just give him some relief."

But alas, it was over
and the girls were now gone,
vanished from his viewpoint
away from the lawn.

Yet as summer continues,
the girls sure to return,
I know Jake will be waiting,
regardless the spurn.

Ah yes, puppy love
it pierces us all
regardless the age,
we hear Cupid's call.

And so for tonight
our tragic tale ends,
with heartache & sorrow
he waits for Jane and her friends.

For while he looks for the girls
with his time well spent,
I soon expect to hear him say...

"Watch out Dad...I'm about to
REPRESENT!"