Mother’s Having a Breakdown

My mother’s having a breakdown;

it happens every day.

She gives the children a shakedown;

one of us will have to pay.

We’re locked up in a bedroom;

we’ll be there ‘til we decide

which one of us will agree to

confess some petty crime.

Mother’s got us under arrest, so

we’re under a lot of stress.

It makes matters worse to protest, so

one of us must confess.

We’re prisoners in a lockdown

for what we did or didn’t do.

Someone’s in for a takedown;

it’s down to me or you.

My mother’s favorite movie

is “The Caine Mutiny”;

she thinks that she’s a Captain at sea

with a crew in conspiracy.

My mother’s throwing a tantrum;

watch out for flying glass.

No way to stop the action;

like a hurricane, it will pass.

 

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