Mother Never Wanted me
My mother never wanted me
inside the house to play,
breaking all the crockery
and turning her hair gray.
And so right after breakfast
every single summer day
she would throw me out the door
and tell me: ‘Go away.’
‘Find your friends down at the park,
there’s sure to be a bunch
and don’t come back to bother me
until it’s time for lunch.’
Child abuse [...]
