Family Picnic

Father’s battered
tuff shed abandoned
on unfamiliar sand
confused with debris.

Daughter’s shattered
picnic table lodged
under this or that bridge
not sure where.

Mother’s punctured
propane tank spinning
like a pinwheel hissing
froth in chocolate water.

Sister’s insistence
they should have
purchased flood insurance
when they could.

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