You Can Never Go Home
You can never go home
You’ve heard the phrase
But take my advice
It might number your days.
Take a lesson from me
For I’ve learned it well
My so-called aunt
Is a demon from hell.
To say that she is family
Is a stretch I won’t make
She’ll beg you to stay,
Then swear that you take.
The stuff that she hides
During a paranoid rage
She’s been a "" all her life
It’s not due to her age
My mom couldn’t stand her
Which I thought was odd
Until just this year
When my hometown I trod
I stayed at her house
Mind you, at her request
For no one would help her
As a result, she was stressed
So, help her, we did
As much as we could
Thinking that we were
Doing some good
When all of the sudden
Long after we left
She called the police with
Complaints, threats, & theft
I, in a panic,
Called someone I knew
Claiming my innocence
Asking what should I do
They advised me to call
Someone in charge
So APS services
In her house they did charge
They found what was missing
And have since cleared my name
But, as a result,
I’m just not the same
Now a cynical
So much like my mom
I have no desire
To claim where I’m from
So hear me now
And hear me well
Family like that
Can rot in hell!
Copyright © Kiki Weber-Suarez | Year Posted 2018
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