Jess Mamily

He was the most basal, nasal
Bottom slowest, lowest
relative in their family, Jess Mamily.

They were fearful and tearful, 
When his parents brought him to Sunion Reuion
He was dorky, dinky, odd, a clod.

Don’t play with him, said the Suion cousins, there were dozens.
So he sat alone, writing a story, penning a poem, a friendless gnome.
His penning paid off, he wrote a killer of a best seller.

He made two hundred thousand, maybe a few dollars more.
For the Jess Mamily the public knew was adored by the ten score.

The cousins began to knock on his notoriously famous door.
But he did not open it, remembering their mistreatment of him.
A  Sunion Relative, but shunned no more.

On the Mamily size, Jesse had an always sweet cousin, Jim.
Not thirty four, not even a dozen, only Jesse and him.
This cousin was embraced by him and he shared his wealth.
Their friendship firm, both happy with monetary health.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Wolf Avatar
December 29, 2020 at 5:07 PM
Jess Mamily? -- Yes Ma'amily! :)
Krutsinger Avatar
December 30, 2020 at 3:30 PM
I had to rhyme with family, thus the Mamily. Smirk.
Kendrick Avatar
December 29, 2020 at 4:26 AM
Good one with a good morale lesson that needs to be learned but then if he had been embraced by the family it might not would have been the writer he became to be. In solitude we can think and put thoughts down on paper. Sara
Krutsinger Avatar
December 29, 2020 at 2:13 PM
So brilliantly. True Sara
Buehler Avatar
December 28, 2020 at 11:09 PM
So often greatness is achieved by those who've been mistreated. Good for Jess Mamily! Your story is so enjoyable.
Krutsinger Avatar
December 29, 2020 at 3:31 AM
Thank you Evelyn there are so many of us little odd ducks.
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