"MY"-KIDS..
ARE "NERDS"..
THE YOUNGEST-COLLEEN-
CALLED HOME LAST NIGHT..
SHE GOT A SUMMER INTERNSHIP WITH "LIBERTY MUTUAL"..
THE "INSURANCE"-COMPANY..
COLLEEN GETS A'S IN CLASSES LIKE "STATISTICS"..& "FINANCE"
MY KIDS..
-ARE CONCIENTIOUS ABOUT THEIR SCHOOL-WORK..
-ALWAYS GO TO CLASS..
-GET GOOD-GRADES..
-THEY EXERCISE..& EAT HEALTHY..
-THEY "ALWAYS"-USE SUN BLOCK..
-THEY "SEEM"
TO ENJOY HANGING OUT WITH THEIR PARENTS..
& WHAT'S "REALLY" HARD TO FIGURE-OUT..
"I"..
AM "NOT"
A NERD..
(& "NEVER"
HAVE BEEN)..
AS FAR-BACK AS I CAN REMEMBER..
"I"..
WAS "COOL"..
-I SKIPPED CLASSES..
-"DIDN'T" GET GOOD GRADES..
-DROVE A "COOL"-CAR..
(A 1974 AMC-JAVELIN)..
-SMOKED..
("EVERYONE"-KNOWS THAT THE "COOLEST"-TEENAGERS SMOKE)..
-I WAS IN COLLEGE FOR "6"-YEARS..
("6"--OF THE "BEST" YEARS OF MY LIFE)..
"I"..
DID SOME "PRETTY"-CRAZY STUFF
GROWING-UP..
"BUT"
I "NEVER"-"SHARED"..
"ANY"
OF IT..
WITH MY KIDS..
IN FACT..
"EVERY"-TIME THEY ASKED-ME
ABOUT WHAT "I" WAS-LIKE
GROWING-UP..
I "LIED"
I "SAID"--I WAS A NERD..
(EVEN-THOUGH I "WASN'T"---
"NOOOOOO"-WAY)..
& NOW
I HAVE A SON..
WHO HAS A GOOD-JOB..
SELLING TOBACCO..
& A DAUGHTER..
INTERNING FOR AN INSURANCE COMPANY..
HONESTLY..
I "COULDN'T" BE PROUDER..