7 up

When I was little we children were not allowed to have any soda pop.
Mom said it was because the sugar was not good for us.
I think part of it was that she was too cheap to have four thirsty kids
guzzling up all the pop in the house.

As we got older we were finally allowed to have some pop.
My favourite was 7UP.
Mom, however, watered it down so much
that we were actually drinking pop that was more like 3 1/2 UP.

My first drink of real pop was too bubbly for me
and I was convinced that someone had put booze in it.

Had I been better at photoshop I would have tweeked this jpg
and made it 3 1/2 UP.