Cinnamon Brooms

And Short Tempers

 

Baking Sweats

And Picking Fights

 

and when grandmas

In the kitchen

dont fuck with her

 

Fried Chicken

And Absent Fathers

 

Opening Presents

And Panic Attacks

 

and we aren't privie

to it but it

keeps on growing

 

Hot Chocolate

And Bad News

 

Smiling Children

And Crying Parents

 

and hold on

girls cause its

gonna be a

wild ride

 

Family Reunions

And Long Stays

 

Nice Views

And Hospital Food

 

and don't bother

grandpa cause

he couldn't

give a damn

 

Good Stories

And Sinking Cheeks

 

Days Off

And Days Lost

 

and shes goin

home but

it's not goin

anywhere

 

Good Eats

And New Wigs

 

Old Friends

And Ambulance Rides

 

and it took

her legs but

we built a

ramp

 

Chocolate Pudding

And Useless Fingers

 

Random Questions

And Right Answers

 

and she cant

sleep cause the

beds in the

kitchen

 

Early Christmas

And Something Cheap

 

Last Presents

And Bad Choices

 

And he didn't care about her

but problems like that didn't exist then

they were covered up with stories of firewalking indian chiefs, old buddies from a war he never fought, and science fact id later come to know as fiction

And the daughters of the self proclaimed self famed explorer who would someday sail to australia in a boat with no rutter all came together at beginning middle and end to wish the women who raised a hundred children a fond farewell and goodnight

And when she went off it wasnt with a wail or shriek or shouting or a single tear or smile

It was with silence

and a sunken face with no expression

And a nurse calmly leaving the room because there was nothing more for her to do

And it was with whispered words to grey ears

And holding with empty hands

And seeing with empty eyes

And they swear she could talk with empty lungs but i never heard her

 

Bus stops

And news that it's over

 

Silent car rides

And everyone showed up

 

And she only used that ramp twice but it really wasn't for her

And what goes up must come down

And boy did she