yelling up the stairs

okay, okay

I tell myself. get in the shower.
get dressed.

go get your coffee.
get going.

but the kid in me wants
to hit the snooze
button

on the day.

linger, lolly gag,
procrastinate,

delay.

I need a mom yelling up the stairs
yelling at me.

you're going to miss
the bus.

and another day of school, you'll
be a complete

failure
if you don't get moving.

you'll be just like your father.

that does it.
off I go.