Don’t ask, “what shape must a family take?”
Each family takes its own.
Some children have brothers or sisters.
Other children have none.
Some mothers work; some mothers don’t.
It depends on many things.
Fathers sometimes play all day;
others do all the cooking.
In some families, there’s no father;
there might be two in others.
Some children who’ve never had a dad
may have the love of two mothers.
Foolish people think it’s fun
to laugh at those who are different.
They don’t realise unusual things
are often quite magnificent.
So don’t ever think there’s something wrong
if you feel your family’s strange.
The fault is in other people –
it’s their minds that need to change.
