Family Secrets

who knows what you'll find

Going through the papers
of my grandmother's attic
Clues of my ancestry dusty
Emptying boxes
Sorting out pictures
The air about me is musty

I can hardly believe my eyes
I am thrown for a loop
I sit down in quite the quandary
Thinking I'm of the earth, quite human
Turns out I'm an unworldly alien
And on our heads there's a bounty

Try as I may, these unearthed facts
I cannot just ignore
How do I address these questions
My family's gone
Who do I turn to
I really have no suggestions

How do you tell anyone
That you're not of this world
You'd wind up in a loony bin
So I guess this secret
Will go to my grave
I shall take it on the chin

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September 27 is "Ancestor Awareness Day" - so write your STORY or POEM about your character discovering some surprising information about an ancestor while working on their family tree. You must use "Family Secrets" as the title of your static item - and use Genealogy as one of your genres