Early Bird gets the Worm

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My five-and-a-half-year-old grandson is an early bird,
The first one up every morning, he is both seen and heard,
He wakes up consistently at the break of day,
His parents are always wishing in his bed he would stay,
But alas, he is up and on the go!
He has energy flowing from head to toe!
At 7am, he is allowed to go downstairs alone,
For his morning muffins and time on his dad’s phone,
He settles into the big comfy couch with his favorite bear,
That bear is named Pokey and goes everywhere,
Everywhere Charles goes, Pokey goes too,
And there is a favorite blanket, fuzzy and blue,
That accompanies this boy through his morning routine,
Pokey is tattered and worn and doesn’t look very clean,
But he is a constant companion for Charles anyway,
Especially at the wee hours of the day,
And when his dad complained about his 5 am visit,
He simply replied with an answer, quite exquisite,
Charles smiled and said: “Waking up is my specialty”!
That’s an early bird with a worm, don’t you agree?

Tammy Harvey (Gigi)
Written: 7/5/2022