Dr. Seuss Saved His Bacon

Little Willie was stuffin his pants, so the spankins wouldn’t hurt.

He tried lots of toilet paper, but that didn’t work.

So he used a Dr. Seuss book, the biggest that he had.

And when the next spankin came he was surely glad.

The book he chose was Green Eggs and Ham.

It became very useful when he was on the lam.

He didn’t understand why all the spankins took place.

But he was surely glad he had the book and it was soundly in place.

So many times Dr. Seuss’s child book had saved his bacon.

He no longer worried about whippins and stopped his shakin.

Then one day he asked his Mommy what he did so bad?

He thought he saw her shiver and kind of look real sad.

But it must have been his imagination for it was gone real quick.

When she reached in the broom closet for her whippin stick.

How could she tell Willie the reasons were not his fault.

How could she tell him of her daddy’s constant vicious assaults.

This was the only thing she knew about raising a child of hers.

For when she whips her Willie, her memories vanish and blurs.

Although Dr. Seuss protected his butt the hurt feelings made him weep.

That’s when she heard her father’s voice, coming from inside and deep.

His words over-powered her and made her knees go weak.

For he said, “You are useless and have a stubborn streak.”

“I need to rid you of your defiance and break your spirit too.”

“This way I can control and manage someone such as you.”

Then her memories were clear and she could see that precious child.

The sweet little girl she used to be, so kind, so loving and mild.

“Oh, what has she done? She became just like the man she feared.”

That day she broke his hold on her and those memories now seared.

She went to little Willie and hugged him with all her might.

She told him of her father and the struggles she had to fight.

She promised him no more whippins would ever come from her.

And Little Willie for the first time, heard his Mommy’s gentle purr.

Written by,

Bonnie May