Comes to visit
With her own apron,
Her own jar of Nescafe.
And the latest news.
Uncle Leo,
She’s sorry to say.
Is divorcing Aunt Pearl.
Whose sister Bernice
Is having
A nervous breakdown.
The week
That they spent in Miami
It rained every day,
And her health.
Though she isn’t complaining.
Has never been worse.
The lady upstairs
With the limp
Was attacked in broad daylight,
And Seymour her nephew
Has cataracts, flu.
And no job.
My husband.
She thinks she should mention,
Looks thin as a rail,
And the children.
It hurts her to hear.
Are coughing again.
Belle’s son.
Only forty years old.
Dropped dead Friday morning.
And don’t even bother
To ask
About Cousin Rose.
I don’t think I will.