Mother-in-Law

The dogs of Najaf neither bark

Nor bite. Your mother won't be

Coming to dinner tonight.

I have told you three times!

If I told you once...

I'll never have her there

Until - Here! Hold still! - she

Cleans up her act. Only her parents 

Tonight! After that last debacle, that business 

With the tip of advice for the busser,

Followed by more later to the bar!

[NOTE: Yet another first draft edited on the fly in my blogger back-end.]