(RSVP - Respond, If You Please)
- Joseph Childress
The invitation left me hesitant
On my reservation
Divided between
Plus ones and a party of one
The family affair
Becomes unfamiliar
The apple of my eye, fell far from the tree
How peculiar
My pick
Left me looking at only pictures
The black mirror
Housed my reflection
Broken home
Shone on my broken phone
I play father to rejection
Cold shoulders received
She’s offspring
The fall’s approaching
Like holiday greetings
Who are you bringing?
RSVP.
Respond, If you please.