Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE MERRY MATRON, by FAIRFAX DOWNEY


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THE MERRY MATRON, by                    
First Line: James james / morrison morrison
Last Line: And since it's the rage not to be your age, well, what can any son do?
Subject(s): Aging; Mothers; Youth


James James
Morrison Morrison
Weatherby George Dupree
Was quite
Shocked at his Mother
When she was forty-three.
James James
Said to his Mother,
"Mother," he said, said he;
"It may be the rage not to be your age, but try for the love of me."

James James
Morrison's Mother
Acted up pretty gay,
James James
Morrison's Mother
Took in a cabaret.
James James
Morrison's Mother
Said to herself, said she:
"I feel like a girl and a bit of a twirl would be just the thing for me."

Town Gossip
Printed a notice
"Quidnuncs declare it's true
James James
Morrison's Mother
Runs with a merry crew.
She's out
Foxtrotting wildly,
Turning night into day.
Buds of the season are losing their reason -- she's stealing their stuff away."

James James
Morrison Morrison
(Commonly known as Jim)
Told his
Friends with apologies
Mother was in the swim.
"She won't
Act like this always,
Fellows," he said, said he.
"I speak so you'll know when she cuts up so that it isn't insanity."

James James
Morrison's Mother's
Had her hair shingled off.
She's late
Home for her dinner,
Being out shooting golf.
Jim says
Somebody told her
That was the modern view,
And since it's the rage not to be your age, well, what can any son do?





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