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From Burlap To Satin

There she was back at her after-school job
Stashing away all she could for college
Always in her scruffy jeans and soiled blouse
Peeling potatoes from a burlap bag

Every weekend missing out on outings 
Her friends often came to the restaurant
From the back she heard them carrying on
She peeled potatoes from a burlap bag

Asked to the prom by a handsome senior
Decked in high heels and a dress of satin
Looking fab with her future bright ahead
Accrued day dreams of future and college

Forgotten, t’was furthest thing from her mind
Not one thought to potatoes from burlap



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on March 10, 2018 for contest BURLAP AND SATIN sponsored by ANTHONY SLAUSEN

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 3/11/2018 4:04:00 AM

Good luck; a difficult combination of words, but you certainly pulled it off, Line. I could so relate to this, having worked 28 hours a week my last two years of high school to pay for my college.

Line Gauthier
Date: 3/11/2018 10:46:00 AM

Thanks for your visit and comment, Caren. We can somewhat tell you have earned your rich experience of life.

Tom Cunningham

Date: 3/10/2018 5:08:00 PM

Hope it paid off for her in the end. Goid luck . Tom

Line Gauthier
Date: 3/10/2018 5:27:00 PM

Thanks for your visit, Tom. Much appreciated.