MOTHERS ARE PEOPLE

Mothers are people who cook things;
Like breakfast or lunch or a snack.
Dexterous people who hook things
Which button or zip up the back.

Mothers are people who blow things,
Balloon and kisses and noses;
Green-thumbish people who grow things
Like ivy and puppies and roses.

Mothers are people who send things
Like letters and strawberry tarts;
Magical people who mend things
Like blue jeans and elbows and hearts.

Mothers are people who find things
Like mittens and homework and germs;
Fussbudget people who mind things
Like cusswords and snowballs and worms.

Mothers are people who sweep things
Like porches and cobwebs and rugs.
Softhearted people who keep things
Like artwork, report cards and hugs

Mothers are people who nurse things,
A boy or a girl or a spouse.
And all in all there are worse things
Than mothers to have in your house.