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by Josie
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Day Off
Can I not be a mum today?
I fear it’s not my calling.
The hours are crap for starters
And the job description’s boring.
I’d rather be an astronaut.
At least it’s quiet up there.
My wobbly bits would suit no-grav,
Suspended in the air.
Or I could try out espionage.
I’d be great at fearless guile:
“Yes sweetheart this is REALLY fun!”
I’d lie through sugared smile.
I could train wild animals,
Poo wouldn’t make me queasy.
I’ve braved a toddler cutting canines
So a lion would be easy.
I hear Human Research pays well,
Volunteering’s all the rage.
And you get to lie down everyday
In an aesthetic haze.
Even prison inmate
Seems more attractive by the hour.
At least I’d get my meals served
And time to take a shower.
Can I not be a mum today?
One day, that’s all I ask!
I promise then I won’t resent
My normal humdrum tasks.
One day of something different
To be adventurous, inspiring.
After all, I’m over qualified:
Is anybody hiring?!
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Love it! I tried to “adapt” the Persil ‘What is a mum?” poem last year:
http://www.gotyourhandsfull.com/2009/08/what-is-a-mum-with-no-apologies-to-persil.html
I definitely prefer your take over the advertising team’s! x
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**applauds** I enjoyed that
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Brilliant. So many funny lines!
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Thanks for the laugh. . . I’m totally having one of those days here also. . .
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Hahahaha hilarious!
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Fantastic! I may adapt it as my motto. Doesn’t seem to get better as they get older. My latest blog post http://usebefore.blogspot.com/2010/01/piggy-in-middle.html
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I feel your pain, BG seems to be forever teething. Great poem x x
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Love it! Glad to see that the pile of library books are being put to good use
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Hilarious! Where do you get all that inspiration from! I really admire you! X
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brilliant sums it up nicely!
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Ha, ha! You’ve read my mind!
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How talented you are.
Love it!
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Fantastic poem. Made me smile, laugh & think how lucky us mums are :O)
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I hear you!! Brilliant.
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Day off? No chance… you’re serving the whole-term life tariff with the rest of us! And don’t even think of good behaviour… although you might get some remission for literary merit. Great poem!
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You is a dab hand at there poetry too m’lady.Most excellent! Oh, could you be a dear and change the the title of my blog on your ‘friends’ list to Life’s Laundry please, thank you very muchly.
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Bravo! Well put.
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I am really enjoying your burgeoning addiction to poetry !
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As always, brilliant – I love it. Really made me smile. xx
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Fabulous! Utterly brilliant. You, my dear, are one witty and entertaining writer. Stop all this ‘I’m no good, me’ stuff right now. That’s an order
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Love it! xxx
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Love it. You brought it with this one.
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You brightened my day xx
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Brilliant, love the poem – very clever. As for the day off, I wish.. the odd, very rare, day off from work when I was too ill to work, yet well enough to read is one of the things I miss most about being a working mum
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Delightful, whimsical…impressed
you have a huge talent keep going
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Hi Josie, love this post, please can I include it in this year’s edition of ‘mummomag’, an online magazine entirely by mums for mums? You can see last year’s edition at http://www.mummomag.co.uk. It’d be great if I could use this, it’s just so funny and pertinent … especially on Mothers’ Day, which is the day that the magazine will be released. Hope you say ‘yes’! Thanks – Jo
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I love it, very, very clever indeed.
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