Burnt roast beef

Dry as dust;

Sloe-gin and

Squirt sticky sweet;

The Chicken Dance

Wearing a rubber head;

Endless Michigan rummy

With her sisters;

An endless fight

With our father;

Frantic, she searches

Where is he?

Anger accusations shouts

Tears of frustration;

Deprived depression girl

Tough as nails; 

Needing to laugh

crying quite common;

Trying to save

What is hers;

He becomes sick

He needs her;

She becomes strong

For them both;

She is steady

As a rock;

She, the youngest child

Becomes the last;

And finally flies

Away to him.