What Mum Says
When Mum says,\n"I'll be there in a minute."\nShe really means,\nI'll be at least another half-hour."\n\nBut when Mum says \n"I want this room tidied NOW, or there'll be trouble."\nShe really, really means it!\n\nA poem by Margaret Schroder\n\nNew Zealand School Journal