Wonderful turns to ashes
Seeing your offspring return
Thrilled to see them again.
Another semester is over.
They return from dorm rooms much older
Yet old habits die hard, and make others pale.
Happy moods turn snippy again,
When trying friendly faces wear thin
And out comes venom instead.
Two does it take to dance a tango
But one a conversation can mangle
Just watch what you say.
Or else you just may
Not be there
To catch the angle.
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Icy tones! I like the use of 'offspring' here, and the varying meanings of words that bring out the darker side of them - like 'older'...
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