by Krenna Smart
i was with you all the way till your last strophe - if you swapped 'faster' for 'fastest', imo, it would work even better and not require the last 3 lines :)
maybe it's because i have trouble seeing the mum's allowing the kids to get covered in chocolate before church, though afterwards, and in the race to get home to more goodies or tv films...?
A poem is supposed to be a picture that sounds musical and you have hit it with this one. I am with Chipbutty too; wicked social commentary.