sitting outside her front yard
with my mom, sisters, cousins and their children
it felt nice
strangely
even though we weren't doing much
it felt like i had a family
a close family
where we're able to just enjoy being in each other's company
without having to really do anything
and it was only a small fraction of my actual family
i rarely see any of them
and when i do, it's never in a giant gathering
i liked the feeling of being together
i didn't even mind the children
those wild little rascals
of course, the men were missing from the picture
my father
my cousins' husbands
my papa came out for a little while though
the men in my family seem to hide in the background
the affines, anyways
i rarely see my uncles
and all of my aunt's boyfriends, baby's daddies i've never even met
we're a woman dominated family
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