the longest running show

it's not Shakespearean by any
stretch.
the family drama,
although tragedy and mirth
runs rampant.
it's more
like a sit com
that should have been
cancelled
after one season.
the canned laughter,
the crocodile
tears,
the plot lines
that go nowhere.
there's
the matron who refuses to die,
the father
who disappeared.
a band of children trying
badly at times,
to survive.
the stage is full of
characters too cliché
and stereotyped
to be believed.
it's the longest running
show in your life.