Dearly Beloved we are gathered here today
"wait" maybe not to day sadly to say
we've been grounded until further notice
did any of you when you were kids
get punished for something you didn't do
sure we have many times especially
if we have siblings and not the only child
I'm the oldest one those born first know
my syndrome we know nothing about
home alone though we did have the best
of the others hand-me-downs we knew
nothing of privacy on every door was
no vacancy we had to get along while
fighting to live with the hand we were
dealt often saving the others from the
belt we took and wore those welts
we learned to cook read the little ones
books it's so much weight to carrying
laundry to and fro tired of waking up
to another sis or bro more burden to
bear in times to come and by the time
it's time to go we realize engraved appreciation
plaques aren't given to servant's of broken
single parent homes "that's what's wrong"