Latest / Vinnie Penn Poemcast / They Said
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- 0:00Speaker 1: They said, a daughter, she will break your heart. Her
- 0:03Speaker 1: teens a means to your wits end. They said, a daughter,
- 0:07Speaker 1: her mouth will be smart. If I'm lying, I'm dying.
- 0:10Speaker 1: She's my very best friend. They said, a son, he'll
- 0:13Speaker 1: be your number one. A name's sake for goodness, sake
- 0:17Speaker 1: through him, it lives on. They said, a son twenty
- 0:20Speaker 1: four to seven. Fun, but there's as many a pro
- 0:23Speaker 1: as there is a con. He's harder, it's true, but
- 0:26Speaker 1: he's also true blue. It's the they said, got me
- 0:29Speaker 1: spinning in my wheels. People talk nails on a board
- 0:32Speaker 1: of chalk. Fatherhood is all the fields. He's a gentle soul.
- 0:37Speaker 1: Torture too. Ever since birth she emerged from a cloud,
- 0:41Speaker 1: all sorts of loud and angel on this earth, they said,
- 0:46Speaker 1: because that's what they do. Roll of the dice. Really sorry,
- 0:50Speaker 1: but it's true.