(for hour 21\u2014from the say \u201cyes\u201d prompt of hour 15)<\/p>\n
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I should have said yes<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Anger<\/p>\n I\u2019d not seen that in my grandparents before<\/p>\n Too young to understand toxins and kidney function<\/p>\n It surprised me when Grandma snapped back at him<\/p>\n Fussiness did not become them<\/p>\n It didn\u2019t make sense to me<\/p>\n Then she threatened to send him away<\/p>\n Away!<\/p>\n She turned to me<\/p>\n Out of all the people at the extended table<\/p>\n Where multiple family dinners had been fun,<\/p>\n Tender<\/p>\n Full of laughter<\/p>\n She turned to me and asked,<\/p>\n \u201cDo you want your grandpa to come live with you?\u201d<\/p>\n Shock<\/p>\n Surprise<\/p>\n Horror at the concept playing out before me<\/p>\n Logistics<\/p>\n Worry<\/p>\n What would my parents say if I gave permission without asking?<\/p>\n I looked to my grandfather\u2019s tired face, his eyes red, looking to me with sadness<\/p>\n I sputtered, \u201cWhere would you sleep?\u201d<\/p>\n Then he cast his eyes down<\/p>\n It was the wrong response<\/p>\n This woman I no longer recognized hooted as if she\u2019d played the poisoned pawn<\/p>\n \u201cSee! Even your granddaughter doesn\u2019t want you!\u201d<\/p>\n Someone swooped in to save us, my grandpa and me<\/p>\n We locked eyes once again<\/p>\n Sorrow in sympathy<\/p>\n Logistics be damned, I should have said \u201cyes\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (for hour 21\u2014from the say \u201cyes\u201d prompt of hour 15) I should have said yes Anger I\u2019d not seen that in my grandparents before Too young to understand toxins and kidney function It surprised me when Grandma snapped back at him Fussiness did…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1426,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,441],"tags":[3019,271,4777],"class_list":["post-101719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-poetry-prompt-responses","tag-24-hour-poetry-marathon","tag-hour-21","tag-yes-prompt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1426"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101737,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101719\/revisions\/101737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}