nap time

"Put the baby to sleep," she says.
we go into the bedroom
and over to the crib.
together we read  the big blue house
until eyes begin to close,
his world now buried in dreams.
i gently pull away, set the book
on the bed, and tip-toe out of the room.
i peek around the corner,
binky in hand, look at grandma;
"i put grandpa to sleep!"