Illegal Desire To Be Alive 5 July 2009 Poem by Margaret Alice

Caught in dereliction
of duty, kids struggle
along, suffering with
school projects, I am
failing my duties

A warning issued-
but where to start
asserting authority-
love has no place
in cold reality

Duty dictates rules
and regulations, I
should take control
scream at them all
issue directives

Make them comply-
ash on my head in
abject despair at
their illegal desire
to be alive

A benign wife and
mother, calm and
content with life, is
an abomination,
anathema to

Every self-righteous
husband and caring
parent...

5 July 2009