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October 7, 2016
By LittleRedDeliriousPrince SILVER, Parma Heights, Ohio
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round
marbles
[in a bowl at grandma’s house]
golf balls
[at the bottom of a pool]
pine nuts
[they’re the color of his eyes]
flat
pieces of pencil lead
[when angry girls press too hard]
the mouth
[of a mother who hasn’t seen light in years]
static
the furniture at grandma’s house
[especially the floral couches]
dynamic
smashing teacups on trees
[because kicking clouds isn’t allowed]

© Ashley D., Philadelphia, PA

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isuess GOLD said...
on Oct. 18 2016 at 12:21 am
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I really like the pencil lead part! Good job