Button Pash

Only you, dear mother

of constant overwatch and attention

would bring

such damnation upon this house

such absence of joy

absence of life

Nothing is left to enjoy

All of them, gone

by your hoof

your voice

your authority

Oh, your oppression

Only you, dear mother

would deny me the right

the privilege

of enjoying life as we know it

where nothing else

could ever satisfy my boredom