Family Feud
Submitted by Stephen J. Recker on Thu, 2009-08-13 13:00
by Lynne Madden
(first printed in the 2009 Hedge Apple)
- They urged, “Take whatever you want.”
- But she didn’t, and they thought she didn’t care.
- Her grandmother’s dishes were so pretty.
- Didn’t her children value their past?
- So she took the quilts, the silverware, and the spinning wheel,
- and they thought her greedy.
- They watched for excess and ego.
- As a favor to the family, she stored a treasured cabinet in the barn
- in case someone might want it someday.
- It was awkward, heavy, and didn’t fit in the van.
- She really wanted the mantel clock, but they gave it to her cousin.
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