The Naught Kid Who Never Dances The Cha-Cha Poem by RIC BASTASA

naughty kid.
mother did not take
him to the neighbor's funeral
on a very hot day,
naughty kid
kept in the house
wanted retaliation by
pulling all mother's
African daisies
to die under the sun,

naughty kid
wanted mother to buy him a
boat which costs a week
salary of papa
broke all papa's chairs

naughty kid now that
you have kids of your own
feel how is it to have
naughty kids too and
a hard-headed mom,

keep the generation intact
do not complain
dance the cha-cha which
mother taught you
when she was alive...

you really have to...