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Original poem reprinted online here:   "How to Tell Your Mother There Will Be No Grandkids In Her Future" by Ira Sukrungruang Originally read: August 10, 2013 More information about the Poet:  Ira Sukrungruang This poem has a very strong commanding tone with the majority of lines starting out with the verb "tell."  But who is the speaker commanding?  This poem humor comes from the speaker trying to urge and plan his way into telling his mom. The first three lines come off as firm directions, "Don't enter conversations / about generations.  Use the art / of misdirection."  The humor here is the reference to a magician or a military tactician -- or both, really, when telling a mom that there will be no grandkids.  Furthermore, the speaker uses the line as a jumping off point on what other conversations could be implemented. "Tell her the rain / is falling."  Here's a reference to the current situation, not the future.  "Tell her today ...