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brother, and sister, and father of mine
So I listened to a record I owned
I didn’t bother telling him that
right?
well, not like this matters
so much for piquing someone’s interest
so I listened to these words
and still don’t
but I heard that song tonight
I’m always the last one out in this family
only if you want me to
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Brother, and Sister, and Father of Mine
08/03/06
keep us together, ad keep us in line
a lot we depend on, a lot we can do
send love to mother, I’ll be good to you
- Andy Bell, Erasure, ~1988
years ago,
and I was telling my husband
that this one song
always made me cry
I didn’t tell him
it was because
I always felt out of place
in my family
I didn’t tell him
it was because
I was always the odd one out
that I always felt out of place
because who wants to hear those details anyway
this is normal for us,
but he was sleeping
when I was listening to music
when I told him
(while he was awake)
that song always made me cry
when my mother is dying
and I can’t remember why they made me cry
other than they might have reminded me
of how much I hated everything
and had no one to turn to
and I had to play it again
while he was still sleeping
because it took on a new meaning today
because i have to send love to mother
who is so far away
(I guess that’s how she always has been)
but I’ll be good to you
I’m the forgotten one
I don’t want to be too much of a burden
but I’ll be there
when you die
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