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Perfect family, right?
Nope.
Lots of friends, right?
Only if the last name fits.

Get up
Toast for breakfast
Go to job
Skip lunch, munch on pop tarts.

Go to second job
Go to next job
Go to meeting
Get home.

Dinner isn't cooked
Mother upset
Dinner is ready...
At nine thirty at night.

Brother needs help with homework
Sister has homework too
Sister does homework alone
Mother too busy, father exhausted.

"Go to bed!"
"Brush your teeth!"
"Take a shower! You smell!"
Too bad.

One shower, four teens
Mother still working
Lights off...
At eleven thirty at night.

Next day, same cycle
A little more tired
A little older
A little hungrier.

Idiotic brother
Yelling doesn't help
Act normal
Please don't hurt me.

Potatoes are meant to be eaten
Not thrown at heads
"What's your problem?"
No one knows.

Get off your butt
Chores need to be done
"I did them last night!"
Who cares?

Baby calf is born
Cutest in the world
It dies.
What's new?

Volleyball practice
Baseball practice
Basketball practice
Too busy.

Go to store
Can't afford
Need food
Canned tuna.

Forty cows
One farmer
Kids have homework
No help tonight.

Go to church
Act normal
Talk to people
Drive back to hell.

Home,
Hell,
Hades.
What's the difference?

Weeping?
Check.
Gnashing teeth?
Check.

Go to school
Same thing
Stop complaining
Homework is better than home.

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