Water Polo Parent's Ode

 When is the game?
This weekend or the next?
Did you catch the coach’s text?

Was there even a text?

Which pool?
Oh, that pool.
No shade—what about parking?
Hilton or Marriott?
6:00 a.m. travel tip:
Stop for Starbucks or Peete's
We should’ve bought stock!

Parents complain,
Parents lament,
All the hours and miles we've spent.

But when it's over, when they're grown,
And the house feels quiet and all alone,
We will miss it all  

Embrace is now as it will be gone in a blink.