Tap

Tap

Tap

Please!

Why won’t she stop

What’s she doing

That child of mine

She’s going to break something

Tap

Tap

Tap

Please!

Just one more

One more time

Then my brain

Might shut up

One

Two

Three

What?

Why’s she talking

To herself

Is she kidding

This isn’t normal

One

Two

Three

What?

I’ve forgotten

Where I was

Just to be safe

I’ll start again

Then I snap

Then she snaps

For goodness sake

For goodness sake!!

Why are you doing this

Why are you like this

But she doesn’t answer

But I can’t answer

So I sob

She screams

I wail

Sssssshhh

I tell her

Be quiet

She hisses at me

And I tap

And count

And obsess

It’s fine

I say

She lies

But nothing

Nothing

Can make this ok.