The Old Man’s Nursery Rhyme

Your life is like your mother.
You can say bad things about her.
You can even try to off her.

But if someone else insults her
Or tries to take her from you,
You get mad. You fight like hell.

That’s my mother, dammit!
You can’t talk trash about her!
You certainly can’t take her.

Devotion depends on external threat
Reminding you what’s yours is yours,
Your life just like your mother.