Robin Bennett - Daddy

Daddy, Daddy, you always said I
was the one most like you. Bold
and brazen. Extremely so, many
people would say. Like you a
know a little about everything.
And I never forget a name.
You used to say I was like
an elephant in that way!

Daddy, you always loved
to work. Traveling around
and living the essence
of the old south. You said
each time you visited Charleston,
a part of your Yankee upbringing died.

As I grew, when you would come home
you took me to bouncing knee, and
whispered