The "Perfect" Family
Five, Five children, five perfect children,
Five children that would be the best examples of pro-creation
A cheat, a psycho, a lesbian, an addict, and the one who is no longer
5/5 of the perfect family
The first, a boy, smart with numbers and odds,
but somewhere got lost within his own facades
Little did he known that just 20 years past his own graduation,
He would be locked up due to lying about his own taxation
Four kids and a wife, and he was behind bars
the kids forgot him, packed up, and left in their cars
⅘ of the perfect family
The second, a girl, who just wanted to love and to be loved
and she succeeded after she had been involved
Her husband, a fine young fellow, had finally had enough of her talk in his head
after two weeks missing was found with a whore in a new york hotel room bed
This event caused her to have a psychotic episode which left her looking like a nut
when she turned to her perfect family, they placed her in the crazy hut
⅗ of the perfect family
The third, another girl, who also wanted love,
but no the same as the second one
At 17 she came out of the closet,
to her family, and friends, just wanting to be honest
Her possessions were shortly thrown out the front door,
she hasn’t been seen since, had always been ignored
⅖ of the perfect family
The fourth, the final girl
she put her parents up through a wind-wheel
at a young age she needed a savior,
but with no one to turn to, she began with her misbehavior
after her kids found her lying on the floor with the tip of a needle being the one to blame
she was forced to leave, and save her family of the emotional pain
⅕ of the the perfect family
the final child, the second boy,
is the child who would bring the entire family joy
not a swindler, not but, nor gay, nor druggie
just a boy who didn’t grow to become the old man he was suppose to be
This man is my father, and he died when i was nine,
had left all of our lives as if he bought a ticket from an airline
this man had his own personal demons like the rest,
but he was the glue which brought out the other four’s best
he’s gone now for good and he's not coming back
that when the perfect family grew back to black
two lawsuits, 7 fist fights, and thousands of insults later
the perfect family’s members has turned into a traitor
the couple behind all of their creations was also gone
alongside with their young son who they would always count on
all three looking down from the abyss in the sky,
shook their heads and began to cry
simply viewing the horror they had made,
drove them to want to trade
mom and dad were ashamed,
and rich’s heart was inflamed
a cheat, a psycho, a lesbian, an addict, and the one who is no longer
0/5 of the perfect family
Scottie this is a great poem. Its amazing that you can express these feelings in a poem. I almost started crying reading this poem, knowing your dad and your family story. You told this very well and I like how the fractions decreased.
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