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2012-02-07T22:54:33-08:00February 7th, 2012|Parenthood|

Their long hair

You think you’ll be wary of strangers
and semi-trailers
and anything sharp

but it’s the little girls
who do the most harm

he hovers behind
their long hair
waiting
smiling
sure they will turn around
and love him

but they never do

they are not mean
they are worse

they don’t see him at all

his little bright face
hands clapping
he follows them
thinking

how fun
it’s a chasing game

he is as uninjured
as the piece of string
he tries to give to her

while I hold my heart
in place.

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