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"Raising Boys"

I scrub the wall of fingerprints,
 
 Pick up the mounds of clothes.
 
 I sweep the dirt that shoes track in-
 
 Wish I could use a hose!

Meals are served from dawn to dark,
 
 Dirty dishes crowd the sink.
 
 Just when they're washed and put away-
 
 Everyone wants a drink!

The washer pulls the dirty grime
 
 From pants worn thin and patched.
 
 They look so very neat and clean-
 
 Yuck, look what the pockets hatched!

Broken bones and bloody knees,
 
 I should have been a nurse.
 
 I take it all in shaky stride-
 
 Just grateful it's not worse!

Screams and shouts and arguments
 
 Test the keeping of my cool.
 
 They left the neighbor's faucet on-
 
 See their new front yard pool!

A soothing bath is ecstasy,
 
 A reward at the end of my rope.
 
 Raising boys isn't really bad-
 
 But first I must wash the soap!

A rose can say I Love You,
 
 Orchids can enthrall;
 
 But a weed bouquet in a chubby fist,
 
 Oh my, that says it all!

Author: Roberta I. Teague

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