Hard Work

Ring..Ring...3 A.M
Eyes saying five more minutes please.
Her bones chewig her inside bit by bite.
Her mind is a young women.
Her bones 80 years ahead
But she is only34.
 
She only works 3 hours a day
But comes home tired like if she worked more than 8
She cleans fitting rooms touching clothes she can't afford for herself or her kids
She cleans after dirty men who don't flush thier business
Yuck.
Repeating the same thing for all 5 floors.
 
She stll has to come home and work more
My phone rings in class
My mother has crashed
 
I still have to come home to find her in bed
Unable to move
But strength is what she gained
She gets up trying to move
Here mom I will get it for you
No mjo she tells me I'm not dead I can do it
I have my life ahead
 
Ring...Ring.. It's 3 A.M
My eyes open
And all I can say is
I hope to see her back
When I come home from school
 
Where she smacks me on the side of my head
Because I made a gay sex joke
Where she tells me don't flirt with guys in public
You have broken my ilusion of having you give me my first grandchildren
Be discreet not girly
Eventhough being a bit girly is my personallity
However slowly I am more gay and manly too
We still repel eachother because I am gay
But please don't let it be her last day
I need closure
I need her to stay
 
 
 

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