Poppop On A Trampolline Poem by Jim Yerman

I love grandchildren's birthday parties because after the birthday song is sung
Whatever activities they have planned helps to keep this grandpa young.

Taylor turned 15 the other day and the family could all be seen
Celebrating his birthday together at a place with trampolines.

They line the floor, they go up the walls, there are trampolines left and right
For birthday party's, or just for fun, you can bounce to your hearts delight.

This activity has its ups and downs...literally, if you know what I mean.
Now let me share some highlights of this PopPop on a trampoline.

Trampolines put a spring in your step and I am proud to be announcing
As I looked around at all the faces, I was the oldest person bouncing.

All I did was jump up and down, no tricks no pirouettes
Still before I knew it my knees were aching and my shirt was filled with sweat.

When you bounce with your smaller grandchildren you get this wonderful feeling
Since they're so light, and you are not, you can bounce them off the ceiling.

"PopPop, can you do this? " They ask as you watch them do their flips.
"No thanks." You say politely, "PopPop wants to keep his original hips."

Mercifully we stopped for cake and I had just sat down...when
"Come on PopPop." The grandchildren said, "It's time to bounce again."

So off we bounced but thinking back perhaps I should have protested
For now I was bouncing with a stomach full of cake that had yet to be digested.

It's fun to bounce and laugh and bump, and occasionally to fall
And before I knew it I was part of a team playing trampoline dodge ball.

"I'll show these kids whose boss, it's a piece of cake." I said.
One second before an orange dodge ball hit me in the head.

After 2 hours, I was crawling off..apparently I'm no longer in my prime
But the grandchildren pulled my arms and legs saying, "PopPop, one more time! "

So one more time we bounced with smiles on our faces and our hands up in the air
Even though every part of my body hurt including my eyelashes and my hair.

But I love being a part of their lives...even if it means rupturing my spleen
That's why if you're hunting for this PopPop at a birthday party..look to the trampolines.