Mother and Son Poem

This mother and son poem is a follow up to yesterday's poems about a student son using Father's Day to try to scrounge some money from his Dad. Today he tackles his mother“Mom, I sent a Fathers Day card to DadBut he didn’t help at allI’m a little.., I’m ski.. I’m broke…, MomSo I thought I’d give you a call”“OK, sweetie,” says Mom“The money is on its wayAnd I’ll send your economics bookWhich you left, on your last stay”“Uhh oh yeah Mom” says son“Thanks, you really are a friend”Dad comes home and asks his wife“OK how much did you send”"Two checks, one for 20, and the other for 1,000.""That's 1020 dollars!!!" yelled Dad"Don't worry hon," Mom said,“Its really not that badI taped the $20 check to the book coverBut put the $1,000 one in betweenThe pages on Prudent Money ManagementThat’s in Chapter 15!"Jon Bratton 2009This mother and son poem is copyright Jon Bratton. It may be used for non commercial purposes