If I were my mother.

Do not pay attention to everything
Cut what you wish including all corners
When it rains, stay outside and plant your feet.

Do not go sharing what you’re sure to eat.
Always be the first to place your orders
Slave if you have to, but live like a king.

Be the hand if they have to kiss a ring.
Fish, swim, and fetch from uncharted waters
Dirty linings are not allowed, stay neat.

Don’t stay calm, be the talk of every street
Play baseball, shoot pool, and join the runners,
Glory is what no confidence won’t bring.

I don’t know about what she won’t have done.
But this would have been you, me and her son.

Leonell