She climbs <br />upon my knee <br /> <br />& then <br /> <br />wobbles almost topples <br />...off! <br /> <br />I catch her <br />& HO! HO! HO! her. <br /> <br />Ask her <br />what does she '...want <br /> <br />for Christmas <br />little girl.' <br /> <br />Suitably Santa'd <br />she plants a foot <br /> <br />on each of my <br />patellas <br /> <br />stands firm <br />like a minature <br /> <br />Collusus <br />of Rhodes <br /> <br />holds on to <br />my neck <br /> <br />kisses me. <br /> <br />'Me want cuddles! ' <br /> <br />A tear trickles <br />down my cheek. <br /> <br />She laughs <br />& licks it off. <br /> <br />We cuddle.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/cuddles-for-helen/
