When I was two, I learned to read,<\/p>\n
In my hands, I always carried a book.<\/p>\n
I remember the words, “Growing like a weed”<\/p>\n
Even though my mother was an awful cook.<\/p>\n
I spent weeks in the hospital, unexplainably sick<\/p>\n
Till they found I was allergic to milk.<\/p>\n
So the things I ate weren’t for me to pick,<\/p>\n
No dairy, no cheese, no ice cream or that ilk.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I must have been happy, I don’t recall bad<\/p>\n
My Mema loved and spoiled me<\/p>\n
I don’t remember even seeing my Dad,<\/p>\n
What’s to be, they say will be.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
My mother took me to a doctor because she said I read too much.<\/p>\n
He told her to let me be, it was she who was out of touch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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