Metal Sun

My mother floated and dad sinked in to the couch
Her memories are of math because dad believed there is only one truth
That 2 + 2=4
But there were 5 of us in the family which made him mad
So she only thought in -1
She would subtract one food while she made my lunch for school for 5 years
Until one day all I had was my lunchbox to eat
So I ate my lunchbox and everything inside and out of me became metal
Everything was new; metal sun, metal food, metal couch so my dad couldn’t sink in the couch
anymore
But I couldn’t stop my mom from floating,
happiness carries a minus sign she told me as her head crashed the roof of our house
They teach you in school it’s a plus but to take away (-) is happiness and to plus (+) is mistake
If you subtract (-) all you have left is the lunchbox = happiness
and math never makes mistakes
She yelled as the 4 of us watched but all we could see through the hole in the roof was the metal
sun in the sky
I’ve failed every math class I’ve ever taken and I haven’t seen my mom since