television dials completely out of style and no one s too sure if they work frayed wires hanging above the remains of hopeful mice who took a roll of the dice and tried to nest on top of that box that once projected murmurs of wars books stacked on books water stains mixing with the artwork dye atop the loft of literature there for looks sits catcher in the rye a story built the same year as this house a classic build with a vintage tone but no proof that this house was ever a home books stacked on books in a card table that once hosted monday night rook a cold neighbor to piles of dust evidence of rust a pinnacle for broken trust books stacked on books by five frozen beings seated at the kitchen nook newspapers to block the faces of what are assumed to be parents but its apparent there s no connection just existence in the correlation between dna and similar genetics familiar faces to each other but no souls connected no wires intertwined just covered by the same physical canopy genetics may define similarities but don t always define a family with books stacked on books disrepairing lack of emotional continuity the stereotypical story of drones in a thriving society missing out on the proclamation that they need to team up because deeper recession is always coming books stacked on books sharing stories of families like these not rejoicing in the fact that we aren t struggling or are we with boys from war writing home missionaries being killed with no access to the phone harlots selling their innocence to put meat on their bones a fallen union now a broken home the similarity to the brokenness overseas in this cold family is the fact that just like those broken hearts our houses are empty and the lack of love does not discriminate against the rich or the wealthy brokenness affects all who lack the love of a family and maybe mom and dad decided to leave you alone but you have family who wants you to sit on the right side of a beautiful throne cause you don t deserve to live empty