if You Turn Out Like Me

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If You Turn Out Like MePam just stood there starin'as that stick turned pinkher mom needed in the bathroomPam didn't know what to thinkcos her mom missed collegewhen she had Pam at seventeenshe'd come home from waitin' tablesand say "you'll chase away your dreamsif you turn out like meif you turn out like mecos there's so muchlife to see and touchand I want you to think abouthow your life'll turn outif you turn out like me"Pam took an endless momentand thought about her optionscould she really give her babyup for adoptionshe feared the disappointmenton her mama's faceshe heard echoes of a warningabout youth gone to wasteif you turn out like meif you turn out like mecos there's so muchlife to see and touchso I want you to think abouthow your life'll turn outif you turn out like me"Pam let her mama intook a breath and told her the newsshe said, "I almost kept it hiddencos I knew you didn'twant me to turn out like you"well, her mom's eyes teared upand she sat on the edge of the tubshe said, "child you turned out to bewhat means the most to meand you'll cherish your own flesh and bloodif you turn out like meif you turn out like mecos there's so muchlife to see and touchand I want you to think abouthow your life'll turn outif you turn out like me"(c)2005 Robert George