Mother Has Taboos

I called Mother in the City
and gave her the news.
She wasn't impressed
you know, she has taboos.
She asks of money
I told her sixty-five cents.
Dad gets on the line and says,
"Boy, have you no sense?"
They bought me a ticket
for the morning plane.
I left. I didn't know
they thought me insane.

Copyright © 1981 Abe Flowers

Poems by Abe Flowers