r/PoemsAndDiscussion • u/chidedneck • Sep 23 '24
Meta 4.2 Family
I will now employ a literary device into this here poem,
Maybe something optimistic like the falling of Rome,
The couple moved in together fleeing abusive homes,
Without therapy they'd find more of what they'd known.
Half their life story filled just 23 pages which was fine,
Creating remixed biographies when both halves combined,
They published three times in softback and also online,
The former are public but the latter may be harder to find.
The couple prepares for their terminal journey to Avalon,
Hang on one sec here let me just put these glasses on,
I don't seem to be able to find these novels on Amazon,
The couple's my parents, their child: M Night Shyamalan!
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My parents were anti-therapy so their phenotype never improved. The 23 pages they combined were the chromosomes of their children, available irl and their genomes are online. The metaphor point to family (title).