https://www.tpkpoetry.com the poetry of stephen m. james Fri, 28 Mar 2014 01:04:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.3 https://www.tpkpoetry.com/poetry/family-heirlooms/ https://www.tpkpoetry.com/poetry/family-heirlooms/#comments Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 The kitchen chairs slowly turn to face the TV,
and the parents quit asking (even during commercials)
but want to know more then ever–
hoping to be a friend,
afraid to rebuke, terrified to be rebuked,
as if respect and obedience aren’t
parent and child:
family heirlooms in the hands of the childless.

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