The Home Coming Queen

 
She checks her face in the mirror

adjusts herself, just so

Her son comes home today

Been away at college, he has



Won't be long now

before he'll have his own

a wife and family

and she'll not have

his comforting presence

home for the holidays



Bringing some friends too, he is

John, such a nice young lad

He'll do well, that one

but that other one?

She frowns....

His name escapes her

the mind does that when we age

Cheeky monkey, that one

An odd look about him

and the way he's always whistling

the theme song to that movie

"The Graduate"

Insolent, he is

As if she doesn't know!



One last look in the mirror

to be certain

she pauses

looks round to be sure

she'll not be seen

purses her lips and blows



smiling now

she looks younger somehow

and it's comforting to know

that she still remembers

how to whistle



coo coo ca choo