TV, Pepsi, Oreo Ice cream Cuss words, nail biting Back talk and fighting This list was my profusion Of New Year's resolutions But failing that attempt I'll give them up for Lent Easter's just around the bend Once again it is Lent And my face is smeared with ashes Either I will run away or I'll stay And sit through Another hundred million masses Friday dinner is less than festive My mom tries hard to be creative It's always topped with things Like crispy onion strings As if her kids won't know It's tuna casserole I have always tried real hard To keep on pretending My family's normal but it's not My little brother is in the yard He's out there reenacting All the stations of the cross And when he falls the second time My dad marches out there And drags my brother back inside And my best friend Brittney Looks on then turns to me She says, Ohmigod Mary Catherine I'm so glad I'm Unitarian I have always tried real hard To keep on pretending My family's normal but it's not My little brother is in the yard He's out there reenacting All the stations of the cross And when he falls the second time My dad marches out there And drags my brother back inside And my best friend Brittney Looks on then turns to me She says, Ohmigod Mary Catherine I'm so glad I'm Unitarian