These inventions whose mother <br />We all know as necessity; <br />Too hard to deny this bastard child <br />While it suckles at her breast, <br />Especially when it's announced in public documents, <br />And under "mother's name" on the birth certificate. <br />But who the father is we hardly ever know; <br />Unless the invention proves successful. <br />Then the fathers start crawling out <br />From the woodwork, line up around the block <br />With presents and convincing <br />Baby pictures as proof.<br /><br />Lillian Susan Thomas<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/these-inventions/
