Who does not

There were kids in every nook and corner
Of all shapes and sizes
Two in a room listening to music
one in her lost in thought
two in the backyard climbing walls
one in his room studying probably 
and the eldest being spoiled by the oldies
All seven with choices unknown
One wannabe master and enforcer
One joker and jumpy
One intelligent and promising
One sufferer and romantic 
One quite and pondering
One cricketer and laadla
And one who was a foe and continues to be so
Those seven who shared their house 

Today, the house is silent
and no one lives together
some dont even talk
Seven **** [paternal grandfather's name bearers]
Seven households
Two dont even share the same name anymore
Mothers, fathers, husbands, aunts

Do they think about the time
When they would line up
And pose for the family picture
Too many to be quiet
And yet too distant they were
Their big little world
Insignificant in times now
And lost even in their memory.

[one become nostalgic at times. also cause of obvious reasons.]

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