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For my son-in-law

A nonet

By Tammie PetersPublished 2 years ago 1 min read
For my son-in-law
Photo by JF Martin on Unsplash

When you married our daughter, we loved

You as a son, an appendage.

But now, divorce looms, darkly,

To be severed from us.

Who will you be then?

On your birthday

Should we get

You a

Card?

Family

About the Creator

Tammie Peters

As a recently retired English teacher, Tammie is now putting all those lessons of what makes good fiction, poetry, and essays to use in her own writing.

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