#100poeticanswers 18: Can You Go To The Store And Buy More Patience?

This question was asked by Quinten: on being told that his mother had run out of patience, he naturally wanted her to restock. 

However I am libelling Quinten somewhat; all of the patience-destroying behaviour mentioned in this poem is based on true life events, but none of it, to my knowledge, was done by Quinten.

Mama has run out of patience

There’s no more of it left in the jar

Mama has run out of patience 

I’m sorry, you pushed her too far

When you put your trousers on backwards 

And your shoes on the opposite feet

Well then Mama still had some patience

But you’ve finally got Mama beat.

When you said that you needed the toilet

Only five minutes into a trip

And you’d promised, before, that you didn’t

Mama did really well not to flip

But you drew with a pen on the sofa

And spilled blackcurrant juice on the floor

And although Mama had lots of patience 

She just hasn’t got any more

Yes, Mama has run out of patience 

And it isn’t a thing you can buy

It’s not found on a stall in the market

(You should probably stop asking “Whyyyyyyy?!”)

For when Mama has run out of patience

She just needs a nice cup of tea

And a cuddle, and maybe a “sorry”.

And she’ll soon have more patience. You’ll see.