Back to Square One By David Lehman

I feel normal at home,
it doesn't matter if
my mother's home or not-
she's not doing anything with me.
Sometimes I play playstation or XBOX 360
or draw architecture.
I watch TV too; sometimes
my mom watches TV with me
in the livingroom-usually movies.

On Saturdays, I go to my Dad's house.
That's all about hockey practice and hockey games.

My dad drops me off Sunday night;
he never comes in because
they just start arguing.
My mom asks, "How was your weekend?"
And then we start the week again,
back to square one.