Mary Rotman Poet Verse

Practical Cliche

I want to drive an impractical car
     a convertible
with seats for two

and I'd treasure some impractical clothes
     Chanel suits that say
“Dry Clean Only”

I long to live in an impractical house
     downtown, three stories high
with white carpets

I covet a phone that rings only for me
   a password the kids don't know
and shoes only I can wear

but I'll drive my practical van
     with seats for seven
and wear denim and sweats

I'll buy that split level in suburbia
     with carpeting the color of body fluids 
and chocolate milk

Because the pillowy cheeks of a newborn,
the smile of a gleeful toddler, and
the straight arrow logic of a preschooler
are worth their weight far more to me.

True, it's a cliché, but only
truth breeds cliché. And my love
is true.

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Jan Allison August 5, 2015 at 3:28 AM what lovely imagery Mary - love the humour at the beginning of the write and the tenderness at the end. Love the phrase straight arrow logic of a preschooler - can relate to that so much with my own son:-) hugs Jan xx7 Mary Rotman August 5, 2015 at 5:28 PM I adore preschoolers. My youngest is now 19.