I Will Not Bounce No More: A Bouncer's Story

I will not bounce no more

No more

Not a double negative, as you might think

Merely a cry, a longing, for the days before

They had finally arrived

I rejoiced

I brought my friends to play with them

Hippo, Lion, Monkey

They all danced and laughed

I sang to them the songs of my youth

Until sweet sleep swept their blue eyes closed

I carried them

I carried them for so very long

From the day they joined us mortal men

Two souls, yet from one beginning

Six and Seven pounds

Twelve pounds came and went

My arms grew so weary

I strained and groaned to carry them further

Fifteen pounds

So heavy, so tired

I knew my time with them was short

Yet, they did not know

They played, they laughed, they slept

My satin Fisher Price arms engulfing them in safety and love

That is all they needed to know

Eighteen pounds

I wept for I knew the day had come

I could no longer carry them

Their butts hit the floor

And I couldn't bounce

No more

Goodbye, my friends

My two twin friends

You've gotten too fat

I will not bounce no more

No more

I will not bounce no more.