The Inheritance - Richard Retecki

[Larry Robinson]

The Inheritance

around the table
each taking a turn 
they described how everything was lost
when the fire roared through

speaking last, the 74 year old grandmother ...
well, that fire did me a favor
those lousy kids of mine
didn't want that house or my stuff
four generations of it
so
the fire saved me 
a lot of trouble trying to figure out
what to do with it

hate to say it
but those three of mine
turned out to be
mean insensitive people
and they can go to hell

i've already moved into a furnished apartment
and am doing quite well
but when i think back to watching it burn
my god, it still hurts     yes. it does.

	- Richard Retecki


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