NYT Metropolitan Diary

March 22, 2004

Metropolitan Diary

DEAR DIARY:

Slipped under door of Apartment 8B from the diplomats in 7B:

Your adorable daughter's a lively girl:

She likes to run and jump and twirl,

She likes to tackle Dad and Mom,

She likes to play "dynamite" and "bomb."

We old folks, who live below

Experience every step and blow

Through our low-tech transmitter -

We mean, our ceiling (that's your floor).

We know the sweetheart isn't violent,

We don't think children should be silent,

Nor should they be calmed with drugs -

All we ask is, get some rugs.

Andrew Sprung