On Mother's Day it isn't smart
To give your mom a broken heart.
So here are things you shouldn't say
To dear old mom on Mother's Day:
Don't tell her that you'll never eat
A carrot, celery, bean, or beet.
Don't tell her you think smoking's cool.
Don't tell her you've dropped out of school.
Don't tell her that you've drowned the cat.
Don't tell her that she looks too fat.
Don't tell her when you're grown you'll be
A starving poet — just like me.
Copyright © 2000 by Bruce Lansky. Reprinted from "If Pigs Could
Fly…" with permission from Meadowbrook Press.
