I went home to find
that my room was
now a den
I put my bag down
on my non-existant bed!

My mother no longer cooked
she had given it up
for lent
the fridge was empty
and the pantry was bare

This was definitely
not the house I grew up in
not even close
my parents acted like people
I never even met

And then there was my sister
whose room I now
was forced to share
She wasn't happy either
as she read me a list of rules

I went home to bad news
everything had changed
except me
I wanted my room
I wanted some food

I wanted my old life back!
Things had changed
my life
would never be the same
not in that old house

I went back home to bad news
The news was now clear
My parents
were now people
who actually had lives to live

What a shame!

02/28/2006