Poem for today by Heather Moulson

Arts Richmond

Online - 22 May 2020

Babysitter’s Lament

How did you become this big?!

I used to read you a bedtime story,

take you to the toilet. 

 Be a regular visitor on Saturday 

nights. 

Shouldn’t you be in bed?!

Instead of doing all this fancy 

paperwork?

The grown up now a child as you 

look through my accounts.

Childhood memories won’t 

be of interest to you yet.  

But later on, you’ll wonder about

your toys and stories

– who you played Mousetrap with.    

So how much tax do I owe again?! 

By Heather Moulson