I come home from school and do my homework <br />Before dark I watch my mom prepare for supper <br />Wait for the other sibling to get home from work <br />Around six one by one they come home to gather <br /> <br />Lively we all sit together around the feast table <br />Talking laughing and tell stories while we eat <br />Vote which game we would play after dinner <br />Scrabble or Chess but Bingo wins as the favorite <br /> <br />I always start out with the most number of coins <br />The youngest of six I am usually the slowest to call <br />I never worry because my father will be home soon <br />He always empties his pocket and put it in my bowl <br /> <br />Sometimes the girls would fix dessert or evening snack <br />Eating in front of the TV together we stay up and watch <br />And when the basketball is on I would cry the whole time <br />Not because the soap is on but I like and enjoy the attention <br /> <br />In a big house a big family is happy until we moved apart <br />To have our own but we never forget what family is about <br />Now that we are miles away and mom and dad are gone <br />Once in a while I come home to give them a bad time! ! !<br /><br />Kay Barcelon<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-family-that-was-filipino-style/
