(this isn’t a very good poem but I just had to write it anyway)

Because Dougie Said No

Tonight he cried

Because Dougie said no

He called on the phone

To talk to his kids

Like nothing had happened

And last week didn’t exist

He had a knife to his chest

On more than one night

While his son was right there in the house

His tantrums won’t work

Not with me anyway

We drove through the night

And brought 3 out of harm’s way

The roads were all icy

Our blazer did slip

It didn’t detour us

From making the trip

On the bathroom floor

This manly man did lay

Saying “I want my knife”

Trying to get his way.

So to him I must say

Not on my watch

In your face little man

You’re not talking to them

Because Dougie said no.

So cry if you must

And call the police

Because they know the deal

They care about the children as much as I do.

As you fade off to sleep in your mommy and Daddy’s house tonight

Living like a carefree teenager

Remember this

As long as you throw your tantrums

In place of standing up and facing life

You’ll never be anything more than a joke.