Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHEN DAD TAKES ME, by DOUGLAS MALLOCH Poet's Biography First Line: My dad sometimes some little trip Last Line: "that boy, with my consent, again." Subject(s): Fathers | ||||||||
My dad sometimes some little trip Takes me along -- and, my, it's fun! He puts my (you know) in his grip, A suit (not this, my Sunday one), And other things that Mother, too, Says I will need. (I never do.) I'd always rather go with dad Than go with her. (Oh, goodness me, Of course I love her, course I'm glad That she's my mother -- as can be.) But when my mother lets me go With dad! -- well, lots of things, you know. For instance, Father doesn't scrub Me night and day and all the time. My mother keeps me in a tub And says it really is a crime How dirty children (me she means) Can get, no matter how one cleans. But Father, huh, he doesn't care, Ask "How's your neck?" or "How's your ears?" Or worry what you have to wear, Or if a button disappears, Dad doesn't watch you day and night And say you simply are a fright. Then we get home. "Just see that child," My mother says, "as black as ink! I knew you'd leave him running wild. My goodness, what will people think! You'll never take -- my, my, these men! -- That boy, with my consent, again." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PLAYING DEAD by ANDREW HUDGINS PRAYER BEFORE BED by ANDREW HUDGINS THE FUNERAL SERMON by ANDREW HUDGINS ELEGY FOR MY FATHER, WHO IS NOT DEAD by ANDREW HUDGINS EUROPE AND AMERICA by DAVID IGNATOW EUROPE AND AMERICA by DAVID IGNATOW ESTATE SALE by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM A DIFFERENT WAY by DOUGLAS MALLOCH |
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