thanks to liadra for the prompt
I am from ice water in a clear tall glass, from Green Stamps and gardenias.
I am from the gable roofs that overlook oak trees.
I am from the rocks that rest beneath layers of soil, the briers that grow in the knot of blackberry bush.
I am from July 4th fireworks on the levee and blue blue eyes, from Jewel and Betty and Betsy.
I am from the sorry belief that luck exists to curse you and that honesty is the only path to purity.
From be quiet and eat your eggs.
I am from mid-day confessionals in the kitchen of nuns. With the smell of yeast and dust and some living & warm creature that I'd never seen but knew like my own breath.
I'm from red red clay that puddles deep like paint and women who live to be 100, cornbread and Scotch.
From the class ring tossed on the roof by my father, the coat ripped as my mother left the car, and the 5th wedding of my grandmother in the living room of her brother.
I am from the mantle of the fireplace built with gray stones and the Rubbermaid boxes in the attic. Photos of lame dresses and red tiny babies and drawings done by a sister, and of a little girlchild sun-kissed and alone on a stone with the sea stretching out behind like a thousand layers of cotton.
I am from _______ (specific ordinary item), from _______ (product name) and _______.
I am from the _______ (home description... adjective, adjective, sensory detail).
I am from the _______ (plant, flower, natural item), the _______ (plant, flower, natural detail)
I am from _______ (family tradition) and _______ (family trait), from _______ (name of family member) and _______ (another family name) and _______ (family name).
I am from the _______ (description of family tendency) and _______ (another one).
I am from _______ (something you were told as a child) and _______ (another).
I am from (representation of religion, or lack of it). Further description.
I'm from _______ (place of birth and family ancestry), _______ (two food items representing your family).
From the _______ (specific family story about a specific person and detail), the _______ (another detail, and the _______ (another detail about another family member).
I am from _______ (location of family pictures, mementos, archives and several more lines indicating their worth).
I am from the gable roofs that overlook oak trees.
I am from the rocks that rest beneath layers of soil, the briers that grow in the knot of blackberry bush.
I am from July 4th fireworks on the levee and blue blue eyes, from Jewel and Betty and Betsy.
I am from the sorry belief that luck exists to curse you and that honesty is the only path to purity.
From be quiet and eat your eggs.
I am from mid-day confessionals in the kitchen of nuns. With the smell of yeast and dust and some living & warm creature that I'd never seen but knew like my own breath.
I'm from red red clay that puddles deep like paint and women who live to be 100, cornbread and Scotch.
From the class ring tossed on the roof by my father, the coat ripped as my mother left the car, and the 5th wedding of my grandmother in the living room of her brother.
I am from the mantle of the fireplace built with gray stones and the Rubbermaid boxes in the attic. Photos of lame dresses and red tiny babies and drawings done by a sister, and of a little girlchild sun-kissed and alone on a stone with the sea stretching out behind like a thousand layers of cotton.
I am from _______ (specific ordinary item), from _______ (product name) and _______.
I am from the _______ (home description... adjective, adjective, sensory detail).
I am from the _______ (plant, flower, natural item), the _______ (plant, flower, natural detail)
I am from _______ (family tradition) and _______ (family trait), from _______ (name of family member) and _______ (another family name) and _______ (family name).
I am from the _______ (description of family tendency) and _______ (another one).
I am from _______ (something you were told as a child) and _______ (another).
I am from (representation of religion, or lack of it). Further description.
I'm from _______ (place of birth and family ancestry), _______ (two food items representing your family).
From the _______ (specific family story about a specific person and detail), the _______ (another detail, and the _______ (another detail about another family member).
I am from _______ (location of family pictures, mementos, archives and several more lines indicating their worth).