Call My Sister

Our parents get older and we are faced with decisions that no one wants to make.

            Call My Sister

 

Call my sister

Tell her Dad has fallen

Again

Broke his hip or some damn thing

And I don’t know what we should do

And I don’t know how we came to be the parents of our parents

 

Every story ends here

On the killing floor

What a life we lead

What a game to play

What a crying shame

 

Like a phone call after midnight

Like a registered letter

Like a lump in the throat that water will not wash away

 

Tell her that her little brother

Is just as scared as the four year old

Who pissed the bed and cried in vain

Begging Jesus not to kill his mother

I’m afraid that no one listens

I’m afraid when no one answers

I’m afraid all the f*****g time

 

Call my sister

Tell her Dad has fallen

Again

He was drinking poison in the bathroom

The nurse found him in the bathtub

Broken glass and cold self pity

He did not know where he was

 

Every story ends here

On the killing floor

With an axe in my hand

With a cross on my neck

With a tear in my eye

 

Goodbye

 

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[Lively]

Pathetic story. But never loose hope. Life itself is a synonym of pain and difficulties. Be brave. Live or loose.