Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Momma Should Have Told Me


(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?

1 comment:

  1. Momma didn't want to scare you Tawnya! And she probably didn't have time to tell you about all the great stuff that comes with the round - like the development of your lovely sense of humor!

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