So sat the therapist
Waiting for everyone
Cept for the mother
Who came
Both strangle adjectives
In unison acquiesce
She smiles "you look
The same"

"I haven't seen you
Since mrs. Hamilton,"
"Almost forgot her"
"I see you're doing well
Glad to hear about it
I am a lot worse"

Somebody stop me if you've heard this one before
A therapist and a mother walk into a bar
For different reasons they keep turning to the door
A therapist and a mother walk into a bar

Therapist sentences
Through passive aggressiveness
"How did the bridesmaid turn out"
Mother sings madrigals
Bubonic is topic now
And how exponential her doubt
Exiting fast like
Phone booth of colored paper
Add to the tension
Glass in her hand like
End of her prohibition
Prone to depression

Somebody stop me if you've heard this one before
A therapist and a mother walk into a bar
For different reasons they keep turning to the door
A therapist and a mother walk into a bar

Emptiness ending it
Never to see again
I guess you had to be there