Mrs Kadge's Son

Mrs Kadge feels so proud of her son Ed A framed picture of him and her husband Andy hanging over her bed Taken on his graduation day going back five years or so In real time this does not seem that long ago In his monthly phone call to her Ed who lives in a far away town Tells her he is a medical doctor helping people in health feeling down To her neighbors on her son she does heap praise And often tells them of what a good boy she and his late father did raise But on his phone calls to her Ed never mentions that he is in jail As one of those that the test of lawful living did fail For drug trafficking serving six years of prison time Which is looked on as a serious federal crime The only truth she knows of him is that he lives far away But he never tells her he is in jail today If she knew he was in prison she would feel mortified The reason from her that the truth he does hide Mrs Kadge of her son Ed does feel rather proud And in public feels happy to sing his praises loud But she would not be in the mood for boasting if she knew where he is today What we do not know does not bother us as the wise one does say.