is your mother home?

after my

mother and father divorced.

my mother, despite

having

seven kids,

two still in diapers,

she seemed

to have no

problem getting attention

from men.

married men

and non-married men.

old and young.

it didn't matter.

it could have been her

long dark hair,

her Rubenesque figure,

or her sense of humor, but

it was strange to have

men at the

door with a bouquet

of flowers,

the milkman, the grocer,

teachers

and pastors,

all asking,

hey kid,

is your mother home?