AKA Silly Mommy

I sit back and I notice

 A churning in my gut.

 I eat four saltine crackers

 To soothe this nausea.

Stretching across the bench as

 Boat sails across the sea

 I give in to the sickness

 That's enervating me.

 I vomit all my crackers.

 Then upchuck all my tea.

 And all the food I’d eaten

 Before quarter passed three.

 In a short moment later

 I hear shouts.

 I hear screams.

 Contented voices crying

 ‘Bout porpoises they’d seen.

 While I lay on the bench in

 A nauseating bout,

 “Look at that baby pup!” I

 Hear tiny tots cry out.

I could not see the dolphin.

 I could not see their tricks.

 I could not watch their smooth bods

 Gliding through water slick.

Yes, I missed all the dolphin.

 And I missed all their tricks.

 For while they were performing—

 I lay down motion sick!

 12/06