PEACHES

                                          PEACHES

               by  GG Watt

When I was little

My cousins called me “Peaches”,

Actually they called me

“Peaches and cream”.

I liked the nickname because

Peaches are very sweet.

When twins Pat and Larry

Called me that 

I thought it pretty neat!

Gramma raised the twins,

Baby John Adams, beautiful Ann,

After Beatrice their mother died.

Gramma said “Raise them I can!”

They came to live in

Gramma’s big, lovely Victorian home

In Sedalia, Missouri from

Their home across the 

Big ocean’s foam.

Their father John 

Was in the Army

He was a vet.

He took care of 

The horses there,

In the Philippines.

Could not care for four

 Small babies under five,

By himself, at least not yet. 

Under Gramma’s care 

With character, faith, love,

They grew up so strong.

Fine citizens were they

Intelligent, cultured, charming.

Ann even more beautiful!

Larry, John so sweet, so kind.

Pat enlisted as the war started.

His Army adventures alarming!