Found this poem when I was looking through some old textbooks for writing prompts (a new idea I have). I’d say it was written around 3 years ago. Right after my mom passed away. It’s not exactly true to my life, except for the feelings it captured.
Not Last, But First
The roaring and babbling echoes
brought the [...]
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I can’t get you to leave your headband in your hair, but now that you found your sunglasses you love putting them on and sliding them up. It’s fun to watch you name all the body parts involved: nose, ear, hair, eye. You’re so smart. You also know elbow, toes, feet, butt, flower (our name [...]
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Was it really this hard the first time? I don’t remember your mom doing this crazy “no” thing. I know, it’s my fault. You think I’m funny every time I get upset at you telling me no. You’ve got a lot of different “no” sounds. The “no no no” when you know that’s not supposed [...]
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