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[aid] => mick
[title] => Family Photo
[time] => 2006-06-20 14:47:11
[hometext] => Came across the family picture from my teen years in the 80's ... oooohh tthe memories .. let me know if you can see the pucture just in the words
[bodytext] => Mother, father and only son, a perfect family in a perfect photo Unaware of the impending misfortune A cheery day in the church rectory We don’t go to church anymore Could it have saved us? Poodle perm, fancy dress mother smiles contrived as it may be, the fad diet really worked this time but it won’t last Dad adorned in blue and white plaid, the only suit he seemed to own it was the perfect suit for the seventies .. this is 1983 His smile is real happy or intoxicated or both I’m just glad he is here I am standing behind this beaming pair feigning interest, lapels too wide and hair too long steeped in teenage angst, thinking only of the weekend Several bright flashes, memories forever forged on paper under glass all memories joyous and painful are trapped in that frame [comments] => 2 [counter] => 350 [topic] => 23 [informant] => poet_in_waiting [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => FamilyPoems )
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