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by Leroy Moore, Darla Lennox, Maria Palacios, Zilwood, Tiny
Another group home Christmas
Another year of watching others loved ones
make their once a year obligatory visit
This day just feels like all the others
Told what time to get up
what time to sleep
What he wants to watch on t.v. is already
decided for him,
it's what the staff want to watch.
"Merry Christmas!" the staff say encouraging
him to be happy
"Hey, it's Christmas, let's see what Santa brought you?"
"Are you kidding me?!" he thinks, "I'm a grown ass man!
And what if I don't feel like being merry and bright?
What if I decide to just stay in my room tonight
and spare myself from eating salty lukewarm ham
and cold peas? "
"Yeah, it's another group home Christmas
and wishing like hell I was somewhere else."
Darla J. Lennox
Christmas 2009 | 
