Fragile Franny

Fragile Franny was a granny
with twenty-seven cats
she liked to knit and drink hot tea
collecting different hats

Fragile Franny was a granny
that lived in a little grey house
with a little grey sweater
short grey hair
and a little grey squeaky mouse

Fragile Franny was a granny
that liked to go for walks
she’d wander down to main street
and buy her grandkids socks

Fragile Franny was a granny
though she never married
the man she loved, gone off to war
and sadly now is buried

Fragile Franny was a granny
who used to teach first grade
she’d often bring her pupils gifts
though she was hardly paid

Fragile Franny was a granny
that enjoyed the rain
she’d sit outside
upon her chair
and rock away her pain

Fragile Franny was a granny
but her family never came
she’d sit and wait out all day long
wondering what she had done wrong
then finally one day she was gone.

Fragile Franny was a granny
with twenty-seven cats
she liked to knit and drink hot tea
and now she’s swarmed by gnats.