Single Mom With a Single Mind

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Single Mom With a Single MindTattered afhgan...torn up cushionsTV Guide on her rent-a-couchshe's home on a Friday eveningwhen her friends are goin' outshe microwaves a bottletests the milk on her wristgives it to her smilin' babywith a prayer and a kissthey say to start datingbut she says she's doin' finecos life as a couple, can be double troubleshe's a single mom with a single mindshe checks the caller IDwhen her phone begins to ringshe hangs up, it's just her exand he only wants one thingher child makes laughing noisesthat she'll never forgetthey say more to her spiritthan all that guy ever saidthough he felt tied downby the ties that binda mother's bonds, are soft yet strongshe's a single mom with a single mindbridgesometimes water fills her eyes but are they teardrops if they don't fallthough she fell for a lover's liesdid she fall in love at allcos there's nothing she missesabout his touch in the nightas she lifts her baby from the cradleand lets her sleep by her sideshe had many wishesonce upon a timenow she's proud to dream, of one precious thingshe's a single mom with a single mind(c)2005 Robert George