Monday, December 22, 2008

See Mother, Funny, Funny, Mother

See Mother. See Mother laugh . Mother is happy.
Mother is happy about Christmas.
Mother has many plans. Mother has many plans for Christmas
Mother is organized. Mother smiles all the time.
See Mother. See mother smile. Mother is happy
The shopping is all done. See the Children watch T.V.
Watch, children, watch.
See the children change their minds.
See them ask Santa for different toys.
Look, look Mother is not Smiling.
Funny, Funny Mother.
See Mother. See Mother sew.
Mother will make dresses; Mother will make robes; Mother will make shirts. Look---
Mother put the zipper in wrong.
See Mother sew the dresses on the wrong side.
See Mother put the material away until January.
Look, look. See Mother take a tranquilizer.
Funny, funny Mother.
See Mother. See Mother buy raisins and nuts.
See Mother buy candied pineapples and powdered sugar.
See Mother buy flour and dates and pecans and brown sugar and bananas and spices and vanilla.
Look, look. Mother is mixing everything together.
See the children press out cookies.
See the flour on their elbows.
See the cookies burn. See the cake fall.
See the children pull taffy. See Mother pull her hair.
See Mother clean the kitchen with the garden hose.
Funny, funny Mother.
See Mother--see Mother wrap presents. See Mother look for the end of the scotch tape roll. See Mother bite her fingernails.
See Mother go. See Mother go to the store 12 times in an hour.
Go Mother go. See Mother go faster. Run Mother run.
See Mother trim the tree. See Mother have a party. See Mother make popcorn.See Mother scrub the rug. See Mother tear up the organized plan. See Mother forget the gift for Uncle Harold.
Go Mother go. See the far-away look in Mother's eyes.
It is finally Christmas morning. See the happy family.
See Farther smile. Father is happy. Smile Father smile.
Father loves fruit cake. Father loves Christmas pudding.
Father loves his new neckties. Look, look. See the happy Children.
See the children's toys. Santa was very good to the children.
The children will remember this Christmas.
See Mother. Mother is slumped in a chair. Mother is crying uncontrollably.
Mother dose not look well. Mother has ugly dark circles under her blood-shot eyes. Everyone will help Mother to her bed. Mother sleeps quietly under heavy sedation.
See Mother smile.
Funny, funny Mother.

My mom loves this poem. All she says is "what mothers will do........"

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