Just Once
Just once, he said, I would like to get my way
Every vacation
Every holiday
Every dessert
Every meal
Every conversation
Every damn day
Three generations tethered
Just once, I thought, I would like you to acknowledge your selfishness
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Quite a twist, loaded into that last line.
Thanks!
A Cento using lines from your poem http://lexpomo.com/poem/talking-with-the-dead-a-cento/