Girlfriends--a 9/11 story

We had a tadpole in a jar
It swam round and rounds all day
We laughed and joked
our way to school
Threw our homework in the pond
and laughed at the teacher
all day long

You laughed so much
you peed your pants
It drained upon the floor
You could not stop laughing
all day long
and peed your pants some more

We jumped up in the muddy puddle
as we made our way from school
It splashed up on our legs and tights
so we jumped in it some more
We were as happy 
as a dog with bone
and laughed all the way home

We went to the carny
walked all around
they could not keep
us settled down.
I lost you in the funhouse
But heard you laughing
outside the door

After our finals
you threw your panties
right out of the car.
So I threw out mine.
A policeman
 saw nothing to celebrate
We laughed and laughed
as we paid the fine
and
then went off to graduate

We both exchanged
Wedding rings
and our bellies grew and grew.
we laughed at all our times gone by
You said at last we had
 learned to multiply

In business you laughed yourself
right to the top.
nothing could hold you back

Then on 9/11
you went to heaven

The planes came down
The towers fell
and turned to cloudy ash
The whole world shook
when you died.
God I miss your laugh.