Let’s start a new movement in America.
It is not too late to start anew.
I know I can count on most of you.
We shall call it MAMA,
Make America Motherly Again.
We have had our fill of paternalism.
Let us try maternalism.
We can feed every child meals
to feed their bodies, hearts and souls.
We can tenderly listen to ease the loneliness
of every grandparent, taking on their former role
as caretakers and dream-makers.
We can heal the sick and ease the way
of those whose minds are different so
all of us can live, love and laugh together.
We can build solar and wind energy makers
to ease the threat of out-of-control weather.
We can offer a living wage to those who labor
on behalf of every family, everywhere.
We can lead our children in private prayer,
within our own homes, and leave to others
whatever prayer, or none, they choose.
We can teach our children well, and if we do,
they will also learn to be good, for the common good
of every person on the planet, like me and like you.
Are you ready? Mothers’ Day will soon be here.
MAMA is on the march to a loving place
of freedom and peace, absent all fear.
We can wear hats, aprons and gloves in blue
A blue hat to block out the heat of hate on any face,
a blue apron to protect the garments of democracy we sow,
and blue gloves to protect hands worn thin by our work
to make our need-to-be renewed nation grow.
annarino writes 