<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=417392" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>1977</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The family around the table and a silence<br>so compact no words can break it.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Not even a pigeon swirling through the window<br>can nudge mother's poorly taped grin.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Her face has the euphoric glow of a mathematician<br>whispering a formula into the whorl of a rose.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Her eyes are tiny stones testing the black<br>silk bags she lugs them in.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Since father banned television the sons stare<br>at the marriage dangling from the ceiling.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Each month it sinks another couple inches<br>until it's in their food.<br>No wonder they don't eat.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Jeffrey+McDaniel">Jeffrey McDaniel</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=417392" data-title="1977 de Jeffrey McDaniel" data-description="The family around the table and a silence so compact no words can break it. Not even a pigeon swirling through the window can nudge mother's poorly taped grin. Her face has the euphoric glow of a mathematician whispering a formula into the whorl..."></div> </div> </div>

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