Mental Mommy

Home from school at six years old, first grade, And uncle there to tell me Mommy Gone, Mommy not be coming back any Time soon, Liam, Mommy had to go to Mental hospital. Nervous breakdown. Years later Mommy, when she gets out Of mental, often says, “If you’re A bad boy for me Liam you’re Going to send me back, back Into mental hospital, like you did First time.” At 13 I find out Mom had been doing years In a federal prison all that time, For stealing, so no mental hospital for Mommy. Breakdown ours alone. I was on my own.