constructing poetry

the family fight

you lot are all total pumpkins!
Cousin Emily shouted,
and we looked around for signs
of orange shells
and general seediness, but all we saw
were familiar faces—Uncle Andrew
expressing temper
until his ears turned tomato red,
and Great-aunt Janaleigh
smiling sweeter than maple syrup
while thinking of something truly
dreadful to say,
and little Nikki swiping her finger
clean, and so we nodded,
agreeing, agreeable—
which is why Emily started throwing
things, we decided later
as we toweled the leftovers away.

line count: 18

Prompt 2 ▼

Prompt for: 24 November
Subject or Theme: Leftovers
Word(s) to Include: Leftovers. And at least three foods but not actually referring to food at a dinner. He was a total turkey while at our house is fine But we had turkey is not. (or any derivatives of these words)

Forbidden Word(s):No specific foods unless being used as above.
Additional Parameters: Rhyming or not. Min 12 lines.
Remember, do not use forbidden words ANYWHERE, including title or the brief description.