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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOTHER NEVER SEEMS TO CARE, by DOUGLAS MALLOCH Poet's Biography
First Line: Sister thinks we need some things
Last Line: Mothers never seem to care.
Subject(s): Mothers
First Line: Sister thinks we need some things
Last Line: Mothers never seem to care.
Subject(s): Mothers
Sister thinks we need some things
Father says we can't afford,
For discussion always brings
Something to the family board:
Other people have so much
That we never have at all --
They use taxicabs and such
When they go to shop or call.
But if Father lays away
Of his salary a share
For, perhaps, a rainy day,
Mother never seems to care.
Brother thinks the town is slow,
Hasn't any life or snap --
Really people never know
Such a town is on the map.
Boys grow up and stick to dad,
Girls grow up and wed the boys,
All the fun they ever had
Just the old domestic joys.
But if girls are good and pure,
If the boys are clean and square,
Though the town is slow for sure,
Mother never seems to care.
I have noticed that a lot,
Looking over humankind:
If they're rich or poor or what,
Mothers never seem to mind.
If they have to worry, work,
Save and figure, make and mend,
Mothers never seem to shirk --
They are mothers to the end.
If their children love, obey,
Grow to men and women fair,
Though they're often bent and gray,
Mothers never seem to care.
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