A challenge

But daddy told me
he would give me
brand new things
and make me happy
if i did just one
small thing and
poked all these holes
in those little rubber things.

My new mommy
he said i'd find
would bring rainbows
and joy to our lives
but i had to do
just this one thing
to make her stay
and she would bring...

a puppy, and joy, and happy thoughts
to this broken family filled with plots
she'd love me and hold me and feed me true
just for a few little holes in a rubber balloon.