Michael Shepherd - ! A Cautionary Tale for Parents

'' My mother told me
that I never should
play with the gipsies
down in the wood...

but she didn't tell me
why not, alas...so
'shouldn't...'
turned to 'should..' -

now I'm wiser,
but I'm pregnant..
guess I got that
roamin' blood...''

Michael Shepherd

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-cautionary-tale-for-parents/