ABDUCTING GRANDMA

Maria, you could say, we kidnapped.
Brother Morris, you could say, we zapped.
Sister Teri was very clever.
Morris would have held Grandma forever.
We spirited her out while he napped.

Visiting Grandma, we were to learn,
To California she wanted to return.
She had agreed under some duress
To a P.I. life not for her the best.
For Siquijor she will not yearn.

At the Resort Coral Cay
We enjoyed a two-night stay
And learned more about her situation.
It was our base of operations
And the first step on our way.

Helen and I gave moral support
As we fast boated port-to-port.
We visited kin in old Cebu.
Manila then Teri took Grandma to
And got her an emergency passport.


(My 90-year-old mother-in-law, Maria Varian -- moving from Siquijor, Philippines to Alamo, California)