Goodnight Mom (with apologies to Margaret Wise Brown)

This is from Parenting (November 2008) Magazine's Last Word Section. It's modeled after the Classic "Goodnight Moon". I thought it was cute. Written by Sarah Jio:

In the messy green

family room

There was a telemarketer ringing the telephone

And a crying toddler

because his brother

just popped his red balloon

And a picture of-

The cow jumping over the moon

(which someone colored on

with permanent marker)

And there was a missing

teddy bear, and a girl with

gum in her hair

And one to be scolded

And laundry to be folded

And a very hungry spouse

And something stinky in the house

(that no one else seemed to smell)

And a comb and a brush and a colicky

baby who just won't shush

And a frazzled mommy screaming #*%#@

Goodnight messy room

Goodnight scribbled-on moon

Goodnight cow getting out while she can

Goodnight telemarketers and the 

popped balloon

Goodnight long gone teddy bear

Goodnight cereal bar smeared all

over the dining room chair

Goodnight spitup

And goodnight leaky sippy cup

Goodnight much-too-little house and 

goodnight grumpy spouse

Goodnight comb and goodnight brush

And goodnight to a certain 4-year-old

who just needs to hush right now I mean it

Goodnight Elmo

Goodnight toys we'll pick up tomorrow,

or the next day

Hello chardonnay and TiVo-

"me" time finally