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Don'T Know What You Got

An old man sits at his table with a hamburger on his plate, wanting his grandkids to show up he just sits there; he waits. He has six grandchildren makes twelve hamburgers for lunch, he hopes that they'll be there for right now, it's just a hunch. He wants to spend time with them gets excited as the time passes by, he looks at the hamburgers you can see the loneliness in his eyes. Maybe there were a few phone calls each one, breaking the man's heart, tears probably rolled down his face each one, leaving a stained mark. Out of six grandchildren only one decides to show, don't know what you got, till it's gone there's truth behind it, you know. Spend as much time with your loved ones love them no matter what, time is precious till it's gone realize then, you don't know what you got. Copyright Cynthia Jones Mar.18/2016 Last night, I saw a picture of a gentleman sitting at his table, looking at a plate of hamburgers he made up for his grandchildren and himself. One of his grandchildren showed up, took the picture and posted it on Twitter. I had to write something, because you never know when you're going to lose a loved one, you never spend time with.

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Date: 3/22/2016 10:16:00 PM
Hi Cynthia, I saw that story too. You have turned that poignant tale into a fabulous poem--well done! Cheers, Brian PS A second grand kid did surface a couple of days later and posted pics with his grandpa.
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