Playing monopoly.

My sister has the wheelbarrow,

my other sister the top hat,

my brother the red crayon,

I have the whistle from the cereal box.

I am sitting next to a jar,

holding my other brother’s snake.

The neighbor friend sits in,

for another sibling called away,

somewhere for the moment.

We all cover the board,

as the youngest runs through the room,

chased by an older sister.

In a large family.

pieces go missing.

but luckily no one ever does.

 

© words and pictures by Dan DeMarle 2017