29 months

mummy actually
remembered
that i turn
29 months old today
considering it has been
a rather trying week
for all of us
she's done well
we've each had
the cold in turns
and i have also been
a right
whinging, whining
crying, complaining
big pain in the rear end
this past week

and yet amidst all
the tantrums and fury
smiles do occasionally
get a peek in
case in point -
my increasing
interest in animals particularly
cats and dogs
naturally i adore
commanding them to 'sit'
i tend to do this
with the utmost authority
in my voice (sit! sit! sit!)
this in itself would not be
so hilarious if i could only
enunciate the verb
as it is meant to sound
instead my version comes with an extra bit of aspiration after the 's'
so i seem to be emitting a particularly frowned-upon
four-letter word with gusto!