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Mom, I'm grown up now...
by Ed Matlack → (All Poetry by Ed Matlack)
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Passing puberty,


Voices change,


Hair accumulates,


Peach fuzz is replaced,


Some grow beards,


Some do want a new face…


 


Acne pops up,


As do other parts,


Embarrassing moments,


Adjusting the self,


Everyone gets it,


Pants look like tents…


 


Girls are now noticed,


No more worries ‘bout cooties,


Kisses on the lips,


Instead of the cheeks,


Mom, I am in the shower and naked here, ya know?


Oh excuse me; I didn’t know my son grew up,


Guess you can now remove from view his booties…


        © ed ~ 8/16/05


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Reviewed by Katy Walsvik (Reader)
Reviewed on August 20, 2005
"Pants look like tents…"

Good grief, I'm gasping here! That is one hilarious line, in a marvelously fun piece, Eddie M!

You've summed it up with infectious phrases and very smart humor. Oh, and don't think I missed the rhyme in that final verse... "cooties" and "booties"... clever poet that you are. (smile) katy xox

Reviewed by Leah Wilson
Reviewed on August 19, 2005
lol..lol...I'm a mom! I have discovered that little boys become bigger boys with bigger toys and bigger egos! Love your poem! It reminded me of my son when he was about 12 or 13. He told me he could no longer bathe with Camay soap (advertised as "the soap of beautiful women") because he was a man, and that soap may prevent his beard from growing! hahaha Love, Leah p.s. thanks for the memory!

Reviewed by Richard Christopher Suarez (Reader)
Reviewed on August 19, 2005

Excellent Reminder of the Peanut Turns into a Cucumber.
But just wait ....it transforms again....lol.
peace',
Rich Criso Suarez

Reviewed by Andy Turner (Reader)
Reviewed on August 19, 2005
But who fed youuuuu Ed...

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on August 19, 2005
Oh I have a boy in "that" stage....and Nichol became so "adult" within a few weeks...he even out grown all his clothes..and even mom a shorty now against him!!
Oh and he is so pround to be taller than me...little bugger!!

Love Tinka

Reviewed by Steve Patterson
Reviewed on August 19, 2005
don't forget the pages stickin' together in your "car magazine".

nice write. brought back memories.
TX


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