Our Little New House
It all started when my dad told us we were moving.
"What! We can't move. I lived here all my life." My sister said.
We got all packed up. We were on the road. When we got there everyone was so unhappy.
"Lets go home. I dont like it here." I yelled at the top of my lungs.
"Womb Mate, Shut up!" Dad yelled.
When we got to the new house, it was a big house.
"That's a big house." my sister said.
We all settled in.
The End.
I'm not sure what you'd consider angsty and pre-tween rage, but that right there? That totally is some really hard rage going on. Was it because she was uprooted at a tender age and forced to start a new? Or was it the poignant part where our dad told her to shut up? Reading this is like reading to the bottom of your soul.
That, or reading the first essay in Special Ed.
Dad is a lot more patient than I would have been.
ReplyDeleteI would have just used duck-tape and chained her in the new basement till she promised never to mention the old house again.
I don't know, I was quite resilient at 12teen. I would say 43 is a more tender age.
ReplyDeleteShut up was my dad's favorite phrase. I was shocked to grow up and discovered that some people consider it to be as bad as cussing.
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