We gather around the living room,<\/p>\n
Cards in our hands, laughter in the air,<\/p>\n
Freshly roasted peanuts, everyone’s favorite,<\/p>\n
their aroma wafts, tempting.<\/p>\n
Snippets of conversations from politics to rising humidity,<\/p>\n
A slap without bite stinging on my thigh – a price for teasing,<\/p>\n
the hard floor comfortable beneath us,<\/p>\n
Mum and brother arguing over game points.<\/p>\n
Aunt fussing over my hairdo and my cousin egging her on,<\/p>\n
movie dialogues thrown dramatically in the mix,<\/p>\n
Mum humming an old song.<\/p>\n
The heat, insufferable, yet welcoming,<\/p>\n
I feel light, this is home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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