Monday, September 4, 2017

FAMILY ALBUM - Ohio Poetry Day 2017, Family Ties contest, Honorable Mention



Family album

My sister takes old fashioned
black and white photographs
with a hi-tech SLR camera.
She puts shoes in graves
because she can't find any models.
She's always about an F stop away
from suicide.

My brother hopes to go to South America.
He has to get shots
for his safety,
wear a big brimmed yellow hat,
and carry his degree around.

My father washes dishes
but never dries them.

My mother cries
something terrible.
whenever I leave.

I've got a drinking problem,
I don't drink enough.





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