for the ladies

[Tiddles]

a proper lie down.

In the mornings before my husband leaves for town
He says to me, “Sometime during the day you must have a proper lie down”

And I say, Yes darling, but not before I’ve fed the Rabbit and the Hamster and the Dog.
And not before I’ve answered a call from the Children to “Mum! Come and look at this
And not before I’ve scrubbed the floor in circular movements for physical fitness,
And listened at the door politely for forty-five minutes to a Jehovah’s Witness,

And answered the phone half-way through cleaning out the loft, and it’s a wrong number,
And not before I’ve rocked, although I know I shouldn’t, the baby into its morning slumber,
And not before I’ve been to market and bought a ton of spuds,

And plunged a load of nappies and cot sheets into a mound of suds,
And zipped up and done all the things boys wear and that come undone,
And hung out the load of nappies and cot sheets in the sun,

And not before i’ve cleaned the bathroom and while i’m there weighed myself and found
And not before I’ve brought in the load of nappies and cot sheets because it’s raining,
And gazed in amazement at the middle one’s drawing of a Pig,
And made a balding Teddy Bear a darning wig,

And not before I’ve made lunch and borrowed some coffee form a neighbour,
And listened for ten minutes to how her second cousin endured her fourth labour,
And not before I’ve fed the Baby and fought off the other two,

And answered the phone in the middle of lunch — and it’s you,
And not before I’ve been to the park and back and made a pie,
And explained to the eldest where heaven is — and why,

And not before I’ve put the baby to bed and sung her a lovely song,
And burnt the Cat’s fish and opened all the windows to get rid of the pong,
And put the other two in the bath and swum across the bathroom to get them out,
And in the end when they’ve both had fifteen chances — given them both a clout,
And not before I’ve fried your liver and listened to all your woes,

And taken cough mixture unto the one with the cough,
And changed the Baby and although I know I shouldn’t rock him off,
And locked up and filled the bottles and made you some cocoa dear,
And then I shan’t lie down, I’ll fall down, never you fear’

[Anya]

Brings back memories

[Penny]

I love it, so true. cheers Penny