Family in town and from out of town
sometimes means heavy remembering,
and just a little trying to forget though you are
no longer disappearing.
Into the bottle.
Family in town means many goings-on,
even when you’re sick and tired. It means
running out of money. It means trying hard to make everyone
happy. Trying hard to just be.
Happy.
Family in town
means someone drinking too much, and
everyone else acting like it’s not true.
Your triggers activated, but sticking to the
almost- four- years- sober- kind -of- truth.
Family in town means laughing, lots of gut busting laughter,
Eating too many desserts, and wondering if you’re
forgetting something important.
Family in town, you remember and forget.
People gone. People here.
You don’t get to choose
Family in town.
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