Poet’s showcase
Mom and Apple Pie
By Florence Smith
Hard as nails, they say
when a tough job needs doing,
and I don my facade of
“Don’t mess with me, Child!”
Easy as mush, I sigh
when my heart twists
for the reprimanded. I relent.
No one knows how hard it is
to be both mom and apple pie.
Mystical green aloe plant
with magical jell inside,
Heal thyself or die!
– Florence Smith lives in Overland Park.