A Thousand Words for 'Cousin' (Monday, 16 June 2014)

By BetaWolfinVA

in all the world,
there are a thousand words for cousin...
let one of them be daughter
First Cousin, Once Removed
Doesn't quite have the same ring

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Copyright Monday, 16 June 2014 HHMCameron
Published on Saturday, December 27, 2014.     Filed under: "Personal" and "Poetry"

Author's Note:

adapting a line from 'a thousand words for stranger' by julie e. czerneda; termination of my cousin's parental rights has happened, my wife and i are impatiently waiting to find out when we can adopt.
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