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This Is Just to Say

April 27, 2012
By ASquared1996 BRONZE, Grandville, Michigan
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This is just to say
I'm sorry for punching you
in the gut.
But you were yawning
and you stretched your arms up
and it was an easy shot
so it would've been a waste
not to hit you.
So sorry Dad.

© Jennifer W., Manomet, MA

The author's comments:
No, I don't hate my dad. We just do this kind of stuff to each other all the time.
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