My Missing Grandfather

When I was a little girl in the fifth grade I wanted to research and find out About my missing grandfather What in the world it was all about? He disappeared off the earth it seemed Very little about him was known But I thought if I had a séance Find out where he'd gone to roam. So in the bathroom at the school I sat with my friends on the floor Around in a circle we were We sat not too far from the door. I called to him in a mournful tone "Are you there, Grandpa? " I said But nothing had ever appeared I would study the scene in my bed. And on Halloween night I wonder Do other children think the same? A missing relative they'd like to find Or is it simply a childhood game?