Shanny

Shanny didn't want to become a mother Robert didn't want to become a dad, They just wanted to have fun and live together Then without thought or caring a child together they had. Shanny blamed the pregnancy upon Robert And of course Robert gave Shanny all of the fault, Pregnancy prevention the woman is always the expert And Shanny could have always told Robert, "no" or to "halt". Shanny was pregnant and she was also scared As this was the same way that she entered into this world, Being a mother and taking that responsibility she was despaired As her life and youth in her child will be unfurled. Shanny didn't believe in marriage or its institution She has loved and has been in love with many men, many times before, Now she wished she was married or knew of total absolution But, she didn't and now she is afraid of being known as a whore. Shannys life was taught to her by her watching She did what she saw and was never told what not to do, The same life and troubles will also be shown to her offspring Being chaste or independent or responsible she found not to be true. Jim and Frank and Lester they too didn't want to be a father And of course Shanny didn't want to be a mother once again, Raising a child to them all was just trouble and a bother And no man wanted to be a step-father or an uncle or their kin. Shannys stomach again went from a bump to a lump to a hump And once again she is no mans responsibility or their spouse, She walks with her children shaking her rump While she looks for another man to share her children and his house. A wife gives fellowship, companionship, and mutual help and comfort She has her one man, a father and a husband always at her side, Shanny knows only of lies and loneliness one night stands and distort And like her mother she will never have a husband at her side. Randy L. McClave