TO A FRIEND WHO’S HAVING A 30s CRISIS:

If you should ever contemplate
straying, disobeying what
Mama was saying
deploring all that’s Victorian,
discovering what’s hovering
considering uncovering
letting your mothering
Take a back seat.
GO!
With the heat (whatever that means)
Possibly…
Tempting blue eyes and blue jeans
Perhaps…
The answer in front of your
Yard is:
Home might just in fact be
Where the heart is