The Adolescent's Mother Speaks
poem
THE ADOLESCENT'S MOTHER
SPEAKS
You deplorable thing,
You adorable thing,
With your fingers all jam,
And your pockets all string,
With your hair like a mop
And your stockings a flop;
You outrageous,
Courageous,
Rampageous young thing,
I adore you.
You ridiculous thing,
You meticulous thing,
With your weird little code,
For a guide on the road,
With your hullabaloo,
About things they all do,
You breath-taking,
Heartbreaking,
Heart-shaking young thing,
I adore you.
You astounding young thing,
You abounding young thing,
With your visions and fears,
With your laughter and tears,
With your needs and demands,
Your requests and commands.
Your transgressions,
Obsessions,
Confessions - young thing,
I adore you.
MRS. DOUGLAS ARCHER.
The cited information was sourced from Electronic Document (email, file) published by UCR California Digital Newspaper Collection on April 17th, 1932 and edited by Oakland Tribune <https://cdnc.ucr.edu> (Ref: p. 46) The author/originator was Kate Rennie Archer. This citation is considered to be direct and primary evidence used, or by dominance of the evidence.SPEAKS
You deplorable thing,
You adorable thing,
With your fingers all jam,
And your pockets all string,
With your hair like a mop
And your stockings a flop;
You outrageous,
Courageous,
Rampageous young thing,
I adore you.
You ridiculous thing,
You meticulous thing,
With your weird little code,
For a guide on the road,
With your hullabaloo,
About things they all do,
You breath-taking,
Heartbreaking,
Heart-shaking young thing,
I adore you.
You astounding young thing,
You abounding young thing,
With your visions and fears,
With your laughter and tears,
With your needs and demands,
Your requests and commands.
Your transgressions,
Obsessions,
Confessions - young thing,
I adore you.
MRS. DOUGLAS ARCHER.
- Source Notes
- after this date she appears listed as Kate Rennie Archer
- Source/Citation References (1)
- Individual: Catherine Rennie Aitken