dreams die lazily
laying in the fresh mowed lawn
reawakening.

ownership changes:
selling all my possessions
for loose pocket change.

banded together:
symbolic promises shared
unending circles

banded together
(negative connotations)
symbolic freedom

children's well-being
emotional havoc not
just the physical.

suppressed management
our emotions hiding well
beneath the surface

There are eight of you

My expectations are high

Keep my damn plants green!

To which I might respond:

Keeping your plants green,

Is vague, enthusiastic;

Where are my markers?