debra

Title: Debra Debbie Manus-Allen

written by: Luchetta Manus 2015

She was my mother

But everyone called her Debbie

Debbie’s name was

Debbie got angry when people called her Deborah

She would say” That’s not my name!”

It wasn’t even spelled the same

She was my mother

But everyone called her Debbie

Debbie’s name was Debra

She rocked bright colored hair and stilettos

Little did people know?

She was a great grandmother

She didn’t look her age though

She was my mother

But everyone called her Debbie

Debbie’s name was Debra

“Debbie!”

I yelled through the phone

Frustrated at my mom

As she was saying “Yes, ok uh huh”

When I didn’t say anything

That’s what she did

When by her standards

the conversation got boring

oh that was annoying

She was my mother

But everyone called her Debbie

Called her lil’ Deb

I guess to distinguish her from a big Deb

Called her nana

Called her The grandmother

Aunt Debbie

As my mother died

I called her

mom