Friday, October 4, 2013

"A Family's Spin"

Smiles—   
masks worn to hide empty souls   
Hugs—   
embraces feigning loving devotion   
Laughter—   
covers of shrill condemnation and lies   
Closeness—   
disguises of endless discord   
Piety—   
prayers smugly offered for self-adulation   
Family—   
actors preforming prescribed scripts   

Copyright 2011 Elizabeth Abrams Chapman 

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