Freeland Browning Poet Rhyme

That Day

Sister turned the TV up
                                              when Momma started crying.
                                        They towed our daddy's truck today.
                                            I remember the cables grinding.

                                                Brother watching cartoons
                                                  while playing with a toy.
                                                He never even understood
                                             when the pain came to our door.

                                              Daddy stood and bowed his head
                                                   near the wrecker in the yard.
                                                 There was nothing he could do
                                                   Last month they took our car.

                                                        Daddy started walking.
                                                       He never turned around.
                                                 They said he walked to heaven
                                                       But it doesn't matter now.

                                                So Momma never talks too much.
                                                    since we moved to Carolina.
                                                        Sister turns the TV up.
                                                   When Mamma starts a crying.

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