Soaking up the sun <br />is...hard work. <br /> <br />But determinedly <br />I slog away at it. <br /> <br />It's a sweaty job but <br />I like to do it. <br /> <br />My three year old <br />bored to the bone <br /> <br />browned off with <br />this tanning of her hide <br /> <br />pronounces: <br /> <br />'It fedens me up...I'm finished <br />tryin' to put the sun into my skin! ' <br /> <br />'I'm goin' in! ' <br /> <br />And in she goes. <br /> <br />Wakes up her dolly <br />who has been sleep <br /> <br />in the shade. <br /> <br />My sweat trickles <br />with laughter.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/being-browned-off-for-lyn/
