her second cousin in Newark is coming for the holidays

i get confused

when she tells me

something about

her

second cousin in

New Jersey, Gretchen,

you know, she says,

David's

sister's kid, the one

with the hearing aid

and lisp,

i let out a sigh and roll

my eyes.

i don't want

to figure it out again,

the lineage,

the ancestorial tree.

i don't want to know

what a second cousin is anymore,

just say their name and be

done with it,

i tell her.

my head is overflowing

with your family.

i need a clear and concise

outline on

a clean sheet of paper,

one that 

i can laminate and have

access to 

when everyone arrives.

a picture

next to their name would

be helpful too.