I came across this poem in my late parents papers.
Many, many years ago, when I was twenty three
I got married to a widow, who was pretty as could be.
This widow had a daughter, who had hair of red
My Father fell in love with her, and soon the two were wed.
This made my Dad my Son in Law, and changed my very life,
My daughter was my step mother for she was my Fathers wife!
To complicate the matters worse, although it gave me joy
I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy.
My little baby then became, a Brother in Law to Dad,
And so became my Uncle, though it made me very sad.
For if he was my Uncle, then that also made him Brother,
To the widows grown up daughter-who of course was my StepMother!
Fathers wife then had a son- who kept them on the run,
And he became my Grandson, for he was my Daughters son!
My wife is now my Mothers mother, and it makes me blue
Because although she is my wife -she is my Grandmother too!
If my Wife is my Grandmother, and I am her Grandchild
Every time I think of it it simply drives me wild!
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw-
As the Husband of my Grandmother- Ive become my own Grandpa!!
I understand it.. I think!! lol
