Penny Wagers
Penny Wagers
On Family
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On Family

Everything changes—not just our families, but also our perceptions of them.
Photograph © James Hart

They'll see in you a miracle
You'll see in them where you belong
Too young to practice ridicule
Both you and them can do no wrong

Rebellion grows as you set out
To understand what they will not
And ruthless love will stay devout
When all its virtues are forgot

Defiance shrinks to compromise
When time turns family into friends;
As wisdom opens up your eyes,
They'll be your heroes once again.

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Penny Wagers
Penny Wagers
Poetry that's actually fun to read. Ambitious essays with audience participation. Where ancient magic meets jokes about Flannery O'Connor's mayonnaise addiction.
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