Sounds of the Heart

GirlsMatter - Poem

Perfect American Family

In the perfect American family,
Everyone goes to church on Sunday,
In the perfect American family,
No member ever yells or screams,
In the perfect American family,
The mom stays home, and the dad works,
In the perfect American family,
All the children get along with one another,
In the perfect American family,
They always eat dinner together,
In the perfect American family,
No member is ever in a dilemma,
In the perfect American family,
Everyone is "invincible",
The perfect American family is gone forever,
Because the perfect American family never existed...

By: em NewJersey

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Nancy Bauer, founder of WomenMatter, sits in the midst of "Total Image", an after school group of seventh and eighth grade girls from Marlton, NJ.