Window Screens and Doorstop Caps (for Mom)

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Window Sceens and Doorstop Caps (for Mom)*

When I was young and not yet wise,

and being poor my compromise

for a family rich in Love’s disguise,

I often dreamed the other side came with these things that I’ll describe:

window screens and doorstop caps,

corners bare without mousetraps,

tossing out the dinner scraps,

and my school lunch packed in brand new sacks,

noses wiped with facial tissue,

Britannica in latest issue,

store bought cards with pocket rhymes,

and our doorbell rung in singing chimes,

double sheets upon my bed, covered with a satin spread

(with a canapé above my head)

Now that I’m grown and so much wiser,

I left behind the compromiser,

but still I dream of what wealth brings ~

Little things,

like window screens and doorstop caps,

corners bare without mousetraps,

tossing out the dinner scraps,

and my school lunch packed in brand new sacks,

noses wiped with facial tissue,

Britannica in latest issue,

store bought cards with pocket rhymes,

and our doorbell rung in singing chimes,

double sheets upon my bed, covered with a satin spread

(with a canapé above my head)

Not under it

(Old joke)

Goodnight, I’m tired and going to bed.

Linda

*originally written in 1980 for my Mom who raised 9 children by herself