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I'M Not a Pretty Princess Anymore

Mommy kept me from school today She was too tired to find me clean clothes Cause her boyfriend just left And I made her mad When I spilled my cereal on the floor I didn’t mean to I pulled on my stretchy pink stockins’ They are ripped now and torn I looked around for my ballerina shoes The ones that used to have the pretty pink bow but I think Mommy put them in the trash My crown is missin’ a side So it sits kinda crooked And it’s missin’ all its diamonds Daddy said they were real But it’s not sparkly no more And since Daddy left Mommy and me I know I won’t get a new one The TV is playing my favorite Sponge Bob but I have to keep the sound from bothering Mommy I can see me in the TV Like I’m sittin’ on the bottom of the sea A knot is forming Under my swollen eye And I can see that too Mommy’s on the couch And I don’t want to wake her up Just to tell her I’m hungry And to tell her I’m sad ‘cause I’m startin’ to feel like, Since Daddy left, I’m not a pretty princess anymore

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Date: 6/26/2009 8:46:00 AM
hmmm--this one broke my heart ! You have spoken for those not able to, and that is important, Why do some people treat the one's they should love, so badly ? That last line really says it all. The fact that it's true, and is happening every day, makes it so heart breaking. This poem should be posted where every parent could see it. Maybe it would cause some to stop and think. It certainly tells a story !
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