Mothers Are Born With... Poem by Kaj Samuelsson

Mothers are born
　　　with a knowledge of everything.
　　　What a mother doesn't know,
　　　I don't want to know either.
　　　They know the cat
　　　got my liver stew,
　　　and they know
　　　I jumped in my bed.
　　　They know it,
　　　despite not being there.
　　　And they just say:
　　　Mothers know that.
　　　
　　　Mothers are born
　　　with eagle-eyes.
　　　What a mother doesn't see,
　　　I don't want to see either.
　　　They see the stolen cookie
　　　I have behind my back
　　　and they see
　　　I have been fighting.
　　　They see it,
　　　despite not being there.
　　　And they just say:
　　　Mothers see that.
　　　
　　　Mothers are born
　　　with super-hearing.
　　　What a mother doesn't hear,
　　　I don't want to hear either.
　　　They hear my fingers
　　　in the chocolate box
　　　and they hear the frog
　　　I have hidden in my bag.
　　　They hear it,
　　　despite not being there.
　　　And they just say:
Mothers hear that.