Biological parents minted circa December 1st, 1957

Amelie Beth Harris

fresh out womb blurted "ahoy"

melded as genetic

deoxynucleic acid alloy

awkward first time parents

natural affection did employ

Boyce and Harriet Harris

shed tears of joy,

and feted yearly birthdays,

thus much appreciation ye did buoy

bestowed unconditional love,

thus tis impossible mission

to compensate, thus thank... oh boy

so much financial, emotional debt

I Cain never be Abel to repay...

Benjamin McLane Spock

(May 2, 1903 – March 15, 1998)

quickly became Gibraltar rock

Baby and Child Care (1946)

one of the best-selling

volumes in history

mother frequently referenced,

whenever figurative roadblock

dog eared pages testimony

frequency when apprenticed

at tender age very sensitive

if made accidental laughingstock

then in later years came to my defense,

when this younger brother

pitifully relentlessly teased

courtesy daily bullies targeted me

as token "scapegoat"

pitched yours truly into

verbal suffocating deadlock.

Protective "big" sister

not twisted, yet dynamic as twister

(think bodyguard), and during

play school served as kapellmeister

threatening to kick keister

of anyone who so much

as harm hair on my head

tattooing with resultant

cheeky chic bubbling blister.

Well perhaps hyperbolic stock in trade

slight exaggeration regarding above,

though only 407.417 days age gap

between this scribe and his aforesaid

sibling, the psychological maturation

pegged much greater oft times made

eldest sister donned trumpeted role

much higher emotional paygrade

of surrogate mother

quasi maternal aid

amazing thirteen months older

though more frayed

nerves i.e. mine this

middle progeny i.e. me

dependent analogous to preschool grade

kid (taut) with homesickness anxiety inlaid

missing his mommy feigning

happiness as charade.