Mother Less, Mother More

Mother Goose, Mother Guess
which Mother he’ll love best:

Den Mother, Done Mother,
Fit Mother, Fat Mother,

Stepmother, Stop Mother,
Hip Mother, Hot Mother,

Grandmother, Grind Mother,
Smother-All-the-Time Mother,

Motherlode, Motherland,
Mother Bored by All She’s Planned,

Host Mother, Post Mother,
Modern-Slice-of-Toast Mother,

Skip the Jokes and Roast Mother,
Pocket Full of Post-Its Mother,

Ring Around the Collar Mother,
Pinch a Penny Now Mother,

Mother Speaking Motherese:
Mother, May I? Mother, Please:

scrambled, easy, slice of cheese.
Find a Mother, pick her up,

& all the day you’ll have a Cutlet,
Folded Laundry, a Full-Service Spa;

Mother Cheering, Mother Swearing
Sis-Boom-Bah! Mother See

as Mother Do: Bad Mother,
Good Mother, Done the Best She Could

Mother. Now you see her,
now you don’t, and you never have

the one you want.