{"sf1_id":889749,"sf2_id":"qmyyqM4m","title":"Family","author":"james mikoto","words":213,"posted_at":"2015-07-23T00:46:00.000Z","tags":["Family","Love","Poems","Poetry","life","poor"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/889749-family","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/qmyyqM4m","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/bd/6e/bd6e6514-c021-4a8e-99f6-7a61305aa789","description":"#3 of life\n\nthanks for the support i really appreciate it i really do. you can all use this poem to or do whatever you want to it even make it better feel free to do so ^.^","content":"They say that times were tough when  \nMoney was very tight  \nBut I remember my childhood  \nAnd I know that can't be right  \n  \nMom would cook our dinner  \nDad came home at five  \nWe were all sitting at the table  \nWaiting for him to arrive  \n  \nWe wouldn't eat from a microwave  \nOr a restaurant down the street  \nWe all ate Mom's home cooking  \nAnd boy that can't be beat  \n  \nWe didn't eat in front of the TV  \nOr with a phone in our hand  \nWe weren't plugged into a stereo  \nbopping to the latest band  \n  \nWe would all sit at the table  \nEveryone in their place  \nThere were never any surprises  \nWe recognized every face  \n  \nBrothers to the left of me  \nSisters to the right  \nThat's the way we ate dinner  \nEvery single night  \n  \nWe laughed we joked we talked we ate  \nWe were a family don't you see  \nThough some may have been raised poor  \nYou can see it wasn't me  \n  \nWe ate collards we ate biscuits  \nWe ate fat\u0026nbsp;back and black\u0026nbsp;eyed peas  \nWe said yes sir we said no sir  \nWe said thank you ma'am and please  \n  \nSo when you talk of family life  \nOr how it used to be  \nThough many had more money  \nNone were as rich as me  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"life","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/875168-drama.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/911051-the-dark-corner.json"}}