Friday, April 29, 2022

Two Little Girls Grew Up Here - poem

 

Lawrence Hall

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https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/

poeticdrivel.blogspot.com

 

Two Little Girls Grew Up Here

 

Two little girls grew up here in this happy place

Trees and lawns and puppy dogs and peace

From sandals and shorts to graduation gowns -

Sometimes when gardening I find their little treasures:

 

A plastic watch face whose bright colors remain

The broken handle from a toy teacup

A cap pistol with a rusted mechanism -

I don’t know what belonged to my own child

 

Or to that little girl from long ago

Who, when she was grown, drank herself to death

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