WHEN GOD CREATED MOTHERS
WHEN THE GOOD LORD CREATED MOTHERS,
HE
WAS IN TO HIS SIXTH DAY OF "OVERTIME", WHEN THE ANGEL APPEARED AND SAID,"YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF FIDDLING AROUND ON THIS ONE
LORD."
AND THE LORD SAID "HAVE YOU READ THE SPECS ON THIS ORDER? SHE HAS TO BE COMPLETELY WASHABLE, BUT NOT PLASTIC, HAVE 180 MOVEABLE PARTS...ALL REPLACEABLE...,,,RUN ON BLACK COFFEE AND LEFTOVERS.......,,,HAVE A LAP THAT DISAPPEARS WHEN SHE STANDS UP....,,,A KISS THAT CAN CURE EVERTHING FROM A BROKEN LEG TO A DISAPPOINTING LOVE AFFAIR......AND SIX PAIRS OF HANDS."
THE ANGEL SHOOK HER HEAD SLOWLY AND SAID "SIX PAIRS OF HANDS...NO WAY."
"IT'S NOT THE HANDS THAT ARE CAUSING ME PROBLEMS" SAID THE LORD.
"IT'S THE THREE PAIRS OF EYES THAT MOTHERS MUST HAVE."
"THAT'S ON THE STANDARD MODEL?" ASKED THE ANGEL.
THE LORD
NODDED, "ONE PAIR THAT SEES THROUGH CLOSED DOORS, WHEN SHE ASKS "WHAT ARE YOU KIDS DOING IN THERE?".....,,, WHEN SHE ALREADY KNOWS.
"ANOTHER HERE IN THE BACK OF HER HEAD THAT SEES WHAT SHE SHOULDN'T BUT WHAT SHE HAS TO KNOW, AND OF COURSE THE ONES HERE IN FRONT THAT CAN LOOK AT A CHILD WHEN HE GOOFS UP AND SAY, "I UNDERSTAND AND LOVE YOU" WITHOUT SO MUCH AS UTTERING A WORD".
"LORD" SAID THE ANGEL, TOUCHING HIS SLEEVE GENTLY, "COME TO BED,"
"I CAN'T," SAID THE LORD,
"I'M SO CLOSE TO CREATING SOMETHING SO CLOSE TO MYSELF, ALREADY I HAVE ONE WHO HEALS HERSELF WHEN SHE IS SICK.....CAN FEED A FAMILY OF SIX ON ONE POUND OF HAMBURGER MEAT....AND GET A NINE YEAR OLD TO STAND UNDER A SHOWER".
THE ANGEL CIRCLED THE MODEL OF A MOTHER SLOWLY "IT'S TOO SOFT", SHE SIGHED.
"BUT TOUGH", SAID THE LORD,
EXCITEDLY. " YOU CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT THIS MOTHER CAN DO OR ENDURE."
"CAN IT THINK?" ASKED THE ANGEL.
"NOT ONLY CAN IT THINK, BUT IT CAN REASON AND COMPROMISE" SAID THE CREATOR.
FINALLY THE ANGEL BENT OVER AND RAN HER FINGER ACROSS THE CHEEK, "THERE'S A LEAK," SHE PRONOUNCED. "I TOLD YOU, YOU WERE TRYING TO PUT TOO MUCH INTO THIS MODEL."
"IT'S NOT A LEAK," SAID THE LORD,
"IT'S A TEAR."
"WHAT'S IT FOR?" ASKED THE ANGEL.
"IT'S FOR JOY, SADNESS, DISAPPOINTMENT, PAIN, LONELINESS AND PRIDE."
SAID THE LORD.
"YOU ARE A GENIUS", SAID THE ANGEL.
THE LORD LOOKED SOMBER, "I DIDN'T PUT IT THERE."
MY MOTHER'S OLD BIBLE
MY MOTHER'S OLD BIBLE,
HER TREASURE SO DIVINE.
SO DEAR TO HER HEART
AND SO PRECIOUS TO MINE.
EACH DAY GROWING SWEETER,
MORE FADELESS AND NEW,
MY MOTHER'S OLD BIBLE,
SO PRECIOUS AND TRUE.
MY MOTHER'S OLD BIBLE IS TRUE
MY GUIDE TO THAT SHORE
WHERE I'LL MEET HER ONCE MORE.
MY MOTHER'S OLD BIBLE IS TRUE.
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