EXPERIMENT #4 Poetry

     EXPERIMENT #4                        

                             PARENTING IS A BITCH, BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE

People have kids for all kinds of reasons

Whether planned, teen mistake, or some other seasons

Most think it’s gonna be shit tons of fun

Playing dress-up and the little one

But too many parents in their brains fail to let sink

The job of parenting is much harder than you think

If only young parents would take a little time

I’m certain that all of them would surely find

That parenting doesn’t come with a nice set of rules

Yet eggs and sperms are given, even to fools

Being a parent can truly be your trip to heaven

But it’s also a job that requires your 24-7

For even an occasion when they nod off to sleep

You’re on call til the tell you that it’s time to leap

But just cuz the job can give you an itch

There are various ways to avoid becoming a bitch

It only takes a few things for this to commence

Patience, love, tolerance and some common sense

When that damn brat is driving you mind numbingly crazy

You have to the tools to help make life un-hazy

The power, you see, is all on your side

But you best utilize it before the shift in the tides

For all that they need is in your power to give

Use the power wisely, an easier road you will live

Whether tantrums or whining or screaming for stuff

You can train them to know when enuf is enuf

Ask yourself this one question again and again

Do I deal with this now or when they are ten

A favor you’ll do for the society whole

Compared to later when those monsters are out of control

They may scream I hate you and want you to die too

But that’ll pass as soon as you they need something from you

The word ‘no’ is simply a small fact of life

Learning that early will save them much strife

And that certain behavior is required when in company

Those you encounter will surely agree

Your kids may think that you’re being a bitch

But the rest of us will thank you, all our lives you’ll enrich

True, you’ve committed to eighteen years plus

But it can be done without too much fuss

Being a parent is truly one of the hardest jobs

But do it with sense and it’s full of rewards