Family secret I
Aunt Margaret Halliday
was shoved down the stairs
while pregnant with Sammy her son,
(Never born).
Her psychiatrist husband
had rendered her schizoid
by shoving his mad science-meds in her mouth
in hopes of a prize
to sit on his mantle
(shined daily by lab-rat Aunt Margaret herself).
The good doctor died (a long time ago),
but poor Margaret Halliday sits in a chair
a-rocking her personalities quiet
alone in a home to this day.
Family secret II
Great grandfather Frank
was stabbed to his death
while his namesake (my grandpa)
lay safe in the womb.
Got caught and was killed
while stealing dear whiskey
from the bar of the brothers Amato (the scum).
Old Frank was an Irish
(transplanted from Erin)
and had quite a habit of drinkin' to feed,
so took he the hooch instead of the loot,
and left his six sons and his wife to meet God.
Poor Celia (his wife) forgave the Amatos,
and saved them from hangin'(so they died in jail). |
Submission Name: Family Secrets
