Parenthood

Actors act and drivers drive
And workers work construction.
Policemen police and teachers
Are instructing with instruction.

Dentists drill and politicians
Govern when not stumping.
Joggers jog and body builders
Build their muscles pumping.

Writers write and doctors heal
And lawyers help their clients.
Research people search for cures,
Relying on their science.

Musicians play their instruments
And dancers practice dance.
Magicians do hypnosis
Getting someone in a trance.

People work at jobs all day
Both slow or in a hurry;
And if they’re also parents
Then their main job is to worry.

Your occupation never trumps
Your work as dad or mama,
Even if your title’s
Like the one held by Obama.

Parenthood is one career
For which you cannot train.
You join its ranks while unfamiliar
With its vast terrain.

Yet whether it’s a job at which
You stink or you excel,
Your offspring’s always on your mind,
Before your clientele.

No tangible rewards exist –
Promotion, perk or praise;
But, oh, the finished product
Never ceases to amaze!