What My Father Taught Me

What did my father teach me?

How to check my tire pressure

Ambling in nature for leisure

Through is the only way

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Marvel at the Earth each day

Youth is for making mistakes

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Focus in order to understand

A man and his motorcycle—quite grand

Takes one to be friendly

Hesitation can be deadly

Easier to ask forgiveness than permission

Revel in your ambition

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Trivial days fade faster

All it takes is one disaster

Use the tools you have properly

Genius is fatherly

How to brew homemade beer

Talent always beats gear

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Mother knows best

Evening, time to rest

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© 2021 Jessica Wolf

Ah yes, not to forget the lessons (conveniently made into helpful acronyms) that didn’t make it into my poem but are definitely ingrained in my brain…

“D.B.A.M.”— Don’t be a moron!

And the much rarer, more earned…

“S.B.A.M.” — STOP being a moron!

Both of these excellent mnemonics were invented by none other than my Dad! :)

And one more lesson that deserves an honorable mention:

Always wear a helmet.