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Fruits and Nuts

Julie Kovacs

Most people get fruitcake at Christmastime
I’m privileged to get it year round.

An apt description of my extended family
people who live on sugar and look to the stars of Hollywood for their lifestyle,
people who drink themselves to death,
people who saw the Vietnam war and came home screwed up.

Family reunions were more like the Jerry Springer show than Dad Knows Best.
even the family cat talks of changing her name at the courts so that she
has no association with us.
I don’t blame my furry friend
she’s the most normal,
and the best treated member of the family.

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