Disobedience

(with sincere apologies to AA Milne)

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Jess Jayne, Molly McGuire, 

Willy Purcell and me

Took great care of our mothers

Though we were all thirty-three

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We all said to our mothers:

“Mother,” we said, said we

“You must never sign up

To a dating site especially RSVP.”

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But, our, spirited mothers . .

Led each other astray

Because, despite all our warnings

They signed up that very same day

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It seems that, old, single mothers

Want to make plans on their own

And even though we regularly call them

They don’t ever pick up their phone

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So, we, put up a notice 

On every website we could find 

Explaining that each of our mothers

Seemed to have lost their mind:

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“LAST SEEN 

CHATTING WITH STRANGE MEN

(QUITE OF THEIR OWN ACCORD)

AND, IF YOU, COULD POSSIBLY HELP 

THERE’S A 

THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD!”

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Most of the comments (somebody told us)

Simply confirmed what we knew…

That if mothers sign up to a dating site

What can anyone do?

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