Hush Now!

Luke is crying as I cringe
The crystal soprano of his childish pipes shrilling into my ears
Baby I hear
Hush now!
Mamma wants to hug and kiss you too.

No! only me, mummy not him too
He hit me first
I understand my love
My little turtle dove.

At this Josh breaks down
With wails and copious tears
Maaammmaa! he hit me harder
I hear you dear.

Come on my lap baby give mamma a kiss
Put him down first!
And I think,
Pretty please
Babies are such a pernicious tease
Hushing and shooing
My totalitarian toddlers
Bends me into a mushy
wishy washy mollycoddler ...

Now at ease
Having been swiftly appeased
My troublesome two
Executes a quick switcheroo
In the wink of an eye
They sweetly bill and coo.

This is an anecdote of  babies tyranny
Though I'm exhausted guess you'll find this funny.

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