Mother and Daughter *

A teenager garbage collector

found a crying baby girl

dumped by another teenager

with a wrapper and letter

She brought her back

to her shabby shack   

fed and educated her

as her own daughter

The girl was rather clever

half worked and hard worked 

eventually graduated

from a first class college

with admirable academic records  

She also got a grant

of full scholarship

from a famous college

of a dreamy country

to study further

However she would not 

leave her beloved mother

living lonely and miserably

still as a garbage collector

So she advertised

through a reporter

on the newspaper

for a father

She was half invalid

also hard-featured

Who would be willing

to have such a partner

Later the reporter reported

she intended to abandon

her precious opportunity

to study any more

One day a lady stranger

unexpectedly appeared

before their shelter

and entered their door

She told the perplexed girl

she came with a purpose 

to adopt her mother

to be her daughter