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When the good Lord was creating Mothers,
He was into His sixth day of "overtime" when the angel
appeared and said, "You're doing a lot of fiddling
around on this one"
And the Lord said, "Have you read the spec on this order?
She has to be completely washable, but not plastic.
Have 180 movable parts -
all replaceable. Run on black coffee and leftovers.
Have a lap that disappears when she stands up. A kiss that can cure anything from a broken leg
to a disappointed love affair. And six pairs of hands."
The angel shook her head slowly and said, "Six pairs of hands, no way."
"It's not the hands that are causing me problems,"
said the Lord. It's the three pairs of eyes that Mothers have to have."
"That's on the standard model?" asked the angel.
The Lord nodded. "One pair that sees through
closed doors when she asks, "What are you kids doing in there?" when she already knows.
Another here in the back of her head that sees what she shouldn't, but what she has to know,
and of course, the ones here in the front so that she
can look at a child when he goofs and say, "I understand and I love you" without so much as uttering a word."
"Lord," said the angel touching his sleeve gently,
"Come to bed. Tomorrow"
"I can't," said the Lord. "I'm so close to creating something so close to myself.
Already I have one that heals herself when she is sick; can feed a family of six on one pound
of hamburger, and can get a 9-year old to stand under a shower."
The angel circled the model of a mother very slowly.
It's too soft," she sighed.
"But tough!" said the Lord excitedly. "You cannot imagine what this mother can do or endure."
"Can it think?"
"Not only think, but it can reason
and compromise," said the Creator.
Finally the angel bent over and ran her fingers
across the cheek. "There's a leak," she pronounced. "I told you you were trying to put
too much into this model."
"It's not a leak," said the Lord. "It's a tear."
"What's it for?"
"It's for joy, sadness, disappointment, pain,
loneliness and pride."
"You are a genius," said the angel.
The Lord looked somber, "I didn't put it there."
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"Mama Knows"
Recorded by Shenandoah
Me and Jimmy Chrowder and a single cigarette
Crouched down in a stall out in the barn
Three puffs later we were sick as we could get
Praying we get better before we got home
She saw me coming through the back door screen
I knew the minute that she looked at me
Mama knows, Mama knows
Sometimes I think she's got a window to my soul
Mama knows, Mama knows
Even when I think it doesn't show
Mama knows
Pants rolled up and hearts out on our sleeves
Both feeling more than either one of us could say
That first love let the sweetest memory
Fifteen and shy I didn't tell a soul
How is that Mama never has to be told
Mama knows, Mama knows
Sometimes I think she's got a window to my soul
Mama knows, Mama knows
Even when I think it doesn't show
Mama knows
I wasn't home when Mama passed away
I didn't get to say I love you
But I got this feeling
Mama knows, Mama knows
Sometimes I think she's got a window to my soul
Mama knows, Mama knows
Even when I think it doesn't show
Mama knows
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May
1999
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