The Moms Do Know

A celebration of mothers is this Sunday's vibe  
encompasses that paternal influence across the spectrum  
grandamas, aunts, sister, cousins even neighbors  
that have expanded that type of concern to people not of kin  
 
My neighbor who sends food my way  
came to the gas station and bailed me out  
picked me up from the airport  
and watches for strangers coming round
 
The sister in law who realized something was wrong  
and insisted I go to the hospital  
Bell's palsy could have been so much worse  
and being a CPA, she freely does my taxes
 
My mom of birth passed in 2002
and my first second mom in 1997
both provided lessons that are embedded  
in my heart and in my brain  
 
When I I fear I have done something out of line
I can hear mom saying  
"I am going to lacerate your animosity  
to a floating opportunity"
 
And besides it has become a law of nature  
that older women have the most ferocious  
kick to the shins that  
never diminishes with the advance of age!