Poetry Thursday

 

Once again, Angel Sammys and Teddys Pawetaton have provided us with a photo for Poetry Thursday.

My mom made many mistakes but not being a mother and wife

She wasn’t fancy, not a speck of posh

But the biggest mistake in her life

Was the time she took us to the monkey car wash

Dad was a strict man and could be mean

And he was very particular about his car

He called it the mean machine

And treated it like it was a Renoir.

He insisted mom when driving his car avoid all puddles

But in the car we kids were causing trouble

Which made our mom’s brain a muddle

And she hit a muddy pothole filled with rubble.

She immediately got out of the car and saw the mud

And she knew if it wasn’t clean of it she would never hear the end

She knew she had to clean off the crud

When she saw a car wash sign just around the bend.

It said it was a fundraiser for the zoo

Andshe pulled into the empty lot and handed a man the money

Then Mommy yelled when she saw the crew.

A dozen hose and sponge carrying monkeys

They climbed on the roof with their dirty feet

They spit on the windows then didn’t rub it clean

Their dirty fists left dirt when with their fists the did beat

And she quickly left the lot as the head monkey did scream.

Luckily she found a human car was and they gave the car a wash and wax

She got home, and let us all on with the house key

And when her husband got home and didn’t say anything she could relax

But that was ruined when he looked at us sitting at the table and said “which kid did you trade for the monkey?”