Ozzy was the boy next door
Izzie was my great great aunt
Zazu was our chow chow dog
And Ferris Paris was the cat
My cousin's name was Esmeralda
Once we lived on Rhinestone Lane
I called my Latin teacher Gilda
Father's boat was named Verlaine
At night I dream of other me's
Of Jasmine, Lilith, Xanadu
But morning come I'm back inside
Just Sue
Monday, March 8, 2010
til Dad comes home -- Dixie
Graveyard. Dad always worked graveyard. That made it hard for Mom to threaten us like our friends' moms did. By the time Dad got home, like 8 in the morning, the Dad-worthy transgressions were all forgotten or buried in our dreams far, far away.
"Wow, are you lucky!" Nick would say after one of those big chewing-outs he got from his Dad. "It's like having no dad!"
"No way," I'd explain loudly. "He yells at us good, it's just during the day."
But no one believed me, even if my brothers tried to confirm it by showing their ripped shirts and black eyes. We didn't want our dad to be weird. But the truth was, the little guys ripped their own shirts and gave each other black eyes, like boys do. It was never Dad. Not only did he work graveyard, but he didn't whack us around, or Mom, and he hardly ever yelled even when he hit his own thumb with a hammer.
We wished we had a normal dad, but we didn't, so the other kids teased us and called us the lucky ducks, and it took us like forever to realize they were right.
"Wow, are you lucky!" Nick would say after one of those big chewing-outs he got from his Dad. "It's like having no dad!"
"No way," I'd explain loudly. "He yells at us good, it's just during the day."
But no one believed me, even if my brothers tried to confirm it by showing their ripped shirts and black eyes. We didn't want our dad to be weird. But the truth was, the little guys ripped their own shirts and gave each other black eyes, like boys do. It was never Dad. Not only did he work graveyard, but he didn't whack us around, or Mom, and he hardly ever yelled even when he hit his own thumb with a hammer.
We wished we had a normal dad, but we didn't, so the other kids teased us and called us the lucky ducks, and it took us like forever to realize they were right.
2010 prompts
1/2/10-2/20/10
1. the missing link
2. egret on snow
3. it was easy to see that she was the strongest and most graceful of all the dancers
4. the test is graded by outside sources
5. that might even happen tonight, right?
6. refigerator art
7. the right door
8. the center of the house
9. my real name
10. My grandfather lied to my grandmother. I guess it runs in the family. PLUS We were drinking champagne and losing our shirts.
11. I was dressed in a completely inappropriate shade of pink. PLUS I decided the only solution was to seduce him.
12. the naket tree
13. must of just been the day
14. changing the subject
15. til Dad comes home
1. the missing link
2. egret on snow
3. it was easy to see that she was the strongest and most graceful of all the dancers
4. the test is graded by outside sources
5. that might even happen tonight, right?
6. refigerator art
7. the right door
8. the center of the house
9. my real name
10. My grandfather lied to my grandmother. I guess it runs in the family. PLUS We were drinking champagne and losing our shirts.
11. I was dressed in a completely inappropriate shade of pink. PLUS I decided the only solution was to seduce him.
12. the naket tree
13. must of just been the day
14. changing the subject
15. til Dad comes home
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