ON THE GO

As a wee lad, there were so many things
 I needed and wanted to know.  What did it
mean when someone exclaimed:
“he/she is always on the go”?
Whenever some question was asked of an adult,
 I seldom received a positive result.
 “Children should be seen and not heard”,
 is the response I got and that was the final word!
Left to my own devices, I just had to figure it out.
Thus, with limited knowledge and face in a pout,
the solution to my query was sought
with no information and an abundance of corrupt thought. Well, I watched and I watched, but never caught anyone coming or going a lot, so I thought and I
thought.  In an unexpected kind of way,
a resolution plopped into my head one day
Baby sister was having her nappy changed.
Younger brother exclaimed: “She sure goes a lot!”
Light bulbs flashed and thinking was rearranged.
Not the answer expected, but his words hit the spot.
With some understanding now of  'come and go',
 there was still much more I needed to know.   
When grownups are going to go somewhere,
Where do they go and what do they wear?
Do they wear nappies too?  
 I kept watch on the door to our only loo.   
I searched the dirty laundry, but nothing was there,
no dirty diapers were found that adults could wear.
When late at night and others were asleep.
I would climb from my bed and around the house creep.  during the day it was difficult to stay very long in the loo. For a family of eleven, it was a busy place to go, look and do.  It was understood no one should sit and dawdle for long, even though some did and made it so painfully wrong.  That is why I renamed it, the place you 'come to and go and go!'.

 At night there was more time to explore when the lights were low.  In the medicine chest, I found a solution to my quest. A large unopened box of Ex-Lax,  Something all could ingest and  assist our family not to dawdle.  When we next made fudge
I added the Ex-Lax to hasten our 'come and go' with a nudge.

With the 'come and go dilemma' still unresolved,
 I now embraced a new conundrum to ponder and solve.  I heard Mom and Dad talking about babies et al.
What did it mean?: “I do not have the need or an urge at all!”