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Free Verse · Poems About Mom

Right Then

by The QuillOak Editors

1I caught myself in the hallway mirror

2doing your thing with the car keys:

3the pat of the pocket, the sigh, the “right then,”

4and laughed out loud in the empty house.

5Thirty years I swore I wouldn't turn into you.

6It turns out I'm the luckiest copy

7of something worth copying.

Original poem © QuillOak — personal sharing is permitted.

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Poem
Right Then
Poet
The QuillOak Editors
Length
7 lines
Form
Free Verse
Themes
Poems About Mom, Family, Funny

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QuillOak originalRight Then, authored for QuillOak by The Quillery
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Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
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