Too Kind

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Which imposing
idiot idol said
chauvinistically,
"Love is kind?"

-when love is turned
into a raging joke,
and one to
"never mind"?

Which imposing
idiot idol said
patriarchal,
"Love is blind?"

-when a mother sees
her "babe", no longer
nor will he let on,
nor turn to hug her?

Are a mother's
arms on the wane,
if young shoulders
broaden to a man?

Are a mother's
songs too queer
for his tuned,
sophisticated ear?

Are a mother's
teats too hard
to be a spouse,
to be a bard?

Are a mother's
hands too weak
to thrust her teen
to the passenger seat?

Are a mother's
eyes too blind
to love even when
they're closed,
in kind?