Puny / Punny

 When growing up, in mid teens

 A 'scrawny' figure had,

 I was exempt from 'sports class'

 Though, was a skinny lad.

When working in a builders yard,

Sev'nteen to thirty one,

While times it could be stressful,

At other times, 'twas fun.

I did, though, gain some muscle power

Unloading trailers, large,

Ne'er noticed daily progress,

While hauling, free of charge.

From that went into 'caring'

Transferring human weight,

Though knowing how to, properly,

Easier than hauling freight.

Assisted moving humans,

Lift over twice my weight,

Knowledge of doin' it prop'ly,

No injuries, to date.

Bend legs, back straight, was how I'd trained,

It IS the way to go, 

Soon muscles did get stronger

And they began to show.

Though wordmanship, it also grew,

With "C.Ross-words", to boot,

I'd play on words consistently,

Deliberat'ly, wrong word, put.

So where I once was 'puny'

With wordmanship, my fame,

Did add  "N" to description

And "punny" I became.