From the 1st 'hello'
to the last
mumbled curse

the silhouette
of patience
gradually dissolved

one minute
all smiles
the next
spooky & all
bent out of shape

tea-party
massacre and

firing
innocent shots
of spontaneous
anger at the
latest threat from
her new toy slave

niece from Hell
caustic & bizarre
curly red & simply
unrelenting

tornado fingers
spying on the
choco-pudding
as the bib cringed

napless unpredictable
slouched or running
and a nose like a
broken faucet

bashing guilty
caresses of joy
on the mistrusting
patterns of cats furs

potty disaster
hollering, half nude
toothless smiles
of majestic zest

burbles of intent
ripped holes
on the sunny afternoon
no blame nor regret
but gawd, I'm glad
we never really met.