Kitchen Floor
They slept on the kitchen floor
Their backs were sore
Covered in blankets, shivering from the cold
The family fit together as if they were in a candle mould
The power had gone out the day before
Snow piled up to the top of the front door
Their food had all gone old
Their meat had begun to grow mold
They missed that big furnace they had sold
For only a piece of gold
They didn’t know they’d need such a big heating system before
But all they had now was the stove, and they needed more
They needed the money because sister came down with a cold
“I need ten dollars!” The doctor would scold
Sister needed medicine to return to her many a chore
She had to do errands for the lady running the drug store
So to keep warm they were wrapped in the blankets they wore
And now they slept on the kitchen floor.