Great Poem!

Motherload
by Carol Lynn Person

Motherhood has ruined me for life.

I want to nurse the world
A continent to a breast.

I want to cut up waffles
For all the third world
Send the dictator to his room
Ground the drug dealsers
Wash out the pornographers'
Mouths with soap
And spray organized crime
With Black Flag

I want to make all the politicians
And all the executives sit on
the couch
And memorize the golden rule
And stand up and say it in
unison.

I want to grab a bullhorn
And announce to the world
That the barbecues will stop
Until all the litter - all the
litter -
Has been picked up.

Oh, I could fix everything
If they would all just listen to me.
Listen to me
Listen to me!

I have such illusions of grandeur:
I am a mother.

I LOVE THIS!!!!! I want this done up in some wonderful needlework to hang on my walls...wouldn't that be nice?

Kris
Time is a Dressmaker, Specializing in Alterations!

I've decided I REALLY like her work. I mispelled her name, btw, it should be "Pearson". Here's some more examples from her:

"On Purpose"

The little girl unfrowned and then
Sort of smiled when
After hearing the dictionary definition

She was told that what adopted
Really meant was

Searched for
Prayed for
Worked for
Finally gratefully got
Unquestionably on purpose
And loved a lot.

"The Ninth Month"

Being a duplex
I have been happy, my dear,
To loan you half the house
Rent-free and furnished
As best I could.

You have been a good
Tenant, all in all
Quiet, yet comfortably there
Tapping friendly on the wall

But I hear
You have outgrown the place
And are packing up to move.
Well, I will miss
The sweet proximity
But we will keep in touch.
There are bonds, my dear,

That reach beyond a block
Or a mile or a hemisphere
Born of much love and labor.

I approve the move
And gladly turn from landlady
To neighbor.

OK, last one

"Don't Push"

The minute the doctor said "push"
I did, and I've got to stop now
Because you're eighteen.

Breathe deeply
Think of something else
Don't push
Don't push.

BTW, I found all of these poems in a book called "Day Old Child" As you can see I am really liking it a lot!

Jennifer