(Photo by Ray Tingler)
My husband and I in our engagement photo, 1986.
MOMMA SHOULD HAVE TOLD
ME
By T.
Raceine York
Momma told me I could get fat
but she didn’t say I would go flat.
Why didn’t Momma tell me about that?
Momma said I wouldn’t always be thin.
She didn’t say I would
grow hair on my chin.
Why didn’t Momma tell me back then?
Momma told me my body would change
but she didn’t say it would be rearranged.
Why didn’t Momma tell me? How strange!
Momma told me my body would grow
But she didn’t tell me parts would hang low.
Why didn’t Momma share long ago?
Momma told me I could pack on the pounds
But she didn’t warn me I would be round.
Why didn’t Momma simply expound?
Momma told me I could get fat
but she didn’t tell me that I would go flat.
Now, why, didn’t Momma tell me about that?
