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Poetry: Family conflict

'Til Death Do Us

a light breakfast simmers down in my stomach

the kitchen is so tiny, as usual

we dance around each other: ships in harbor

I try to be smaller than I am, giving you space

you want all the space in the world from me

your anger boils quietly like old coffee on low

I can't change everything you want me to

other people have minds of their own, you see

or maybe you don't

regardless. I'm here, and not the leaving kind

I take our vows seriously, pain or not

time will see, or not see


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