On the Degradation of Family Values (By the Homosexual Agend

My mom is a rosebush
lovely and red
but if you are careless
you’ll wind up quite dead.

My dad is a slide rule
useful and endearing
whose entire career
has been engineering.

My bro is a penguin
laid-back and cool
who hangs out with buddies
his size up at school.

I am a journal 
tucked out of sight
listening, watching
more chapters to write.

We are four
corners of a square
connected by thin lines
inside the same lair.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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September 12, 2014 at 7:45 AM
I like this ode to family a lot except the title. Poet show great skill and tenderness.
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