a poem in my pocket

“Tickle me!” little girl
demanded. Grandpa
would oblige until
i laughed to tears and,
gasping for air, finally
screamed, “Stop!” which
he always did, with a grin.

Now history repeats
as I witness my husband
“tickle torture” our
own granddaughters,
floored in loud protest.

“The lady doth protest too much, methinks” – Shakespeare

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A quadrille (44 words) on the theme: protest. Read more at dVerse poets pub.