I. When I pull back the covers,
I can’t expect anything to happen right away,
so I wait.
II. Yes, it’s Spring,
but a look out the window says it’s cold and rainy.
Long sleeves.
III. The pink princess dress
or the white princess dress?
IV. Let your dolly pick.
She’s not a doll.
She’s a real elf.
V. Eeny, meeny, miny, moe.
Catch a tiger by his toe.
If he hollers, let him go.
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe.
VI. My mother said
to pick the very best one
and you are it.
VII. Are you stuck?
Just lift the nightgown
over your head.
VIII. Sure, we can sing “Do-Re-Mi.”
IX. The striped socks are your field trip socks?
Ok. Put them back in the drawer.
X. The law of the excluded middle says
that either you are dressed or you are not dressed.
You are not dressed.
XI. “Have I gotten stupider since my first kid?”
I wonder during a
Dunning-Kruger mom moment.
XII. According to a time motion study,
you are now dawdling.
XIII. Some day you will be able to dress yourself,
but that is just a guess.
published by The Bangalore Review
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