Lori Duff Writes A Mother’s Lament August 28, 2016
A MOTHER’S LAMENT
Twinkle twinkle little star
Get this trash out of my car
The Taco Bell
The Coffee Cup:
Balloons that you were blowing up
Up above the world so high
Somewhere there’s a bright blue sky
It can’t be seen
Through this dim glass
Through fingerprints and dust and ash
How I wonder what you are
Thinking when you leave this bar
Of chocolate
And nuts galore
A-melting on the backseat floor
Like a diamond in the sky
What’s that? Oh, it looks like pie,
A sock, a brush,
A pair of cleats
All smashed into the leather seats
Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
My child, my babe
Born of my flesh
Heart of my hearts: an awful mess.
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Lori B. Duff is an award-winning author who practices law on the side. Her latest book, “If You Did What I Asked in the First Place” was awarded the Gold Medal for humor in the Foreword INDIES awards in 2019. You can follow her on Twitter at @LoriBDuff and on Facebook. For more blogs written by Lori, click here. For more information about Lori in general, click here. If you want Lori to do your writing for you, click here. If you want Lori to help you market your book, click here.
A Mother’s Lament