Adopted Daughter Poem by Donal Mahoney

Miss Goody Two-Shoes'
sweaters aren't too tight,
skirts aren't too straight
and heels aren't too high.

She's a swan gliding
in this small town library
where old men sit at tables
reading newspapers
from all over the world until

Miss Goody Two-Shoes
has another cart full of books
she must wheel between them
so she can put them away.

And when she does, the men
stop reading and smile
as their adopted daughter,
another Audrey Hepburn,
gracefully glides by.