April 12th Happy families

 

April 12th  Happy families

 

We used to play cards when I was small

Rummy and brag, pontoon and all.

Before there was 24/7 TV

And played by all the family.

 

Younger than that, there would have been Old Maid and Snap

And Happy Families, do you remember that?

Mr Bun the baker, Grits the Grocer too

Bones was the butcher; Bung who made the brew.

 

Happy Families.

Is there such a thing?

 

There are so many complications, pressures and expectations now,

That relationships are tense and stressed, enwrapped in guilt somehow.

When compassion and support, gets put aside

Without understanding and nurture they will collide.

Coerced, strained and torn apart,

Eventually hurting affairs of the heart.

 

Mr and Mrs Bun

Would have known simpler days.

 

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