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Little Rebecca

LITTLE REBECCA HAS WONDERING EYES SHE SMILES AND WAVES TO A MAN IN A BLACK COAT THE STRANGER RETURNS HER GESTURE WHILE MOMMY AND DADDY WAGE NEW WAR WITH EACH OTHER LITTLE REBECCA GETS A LITTLE OLDER SHE SMILES AT A BOY ON A BLACK CORNER HE STEALS HER INNOCENCE BEFORE RETURNING HER SMILE SHE LIMPS HOME TO AN EMPTY HOUSE LITTLE REBECCA YET GETS OLDER SHE SMILES AS SHE WALKS INTO A LOCAL STRIP CLUB OWNER AND PATRONS SMILE AT HER DEVELOPMENTS PROPERTY SHE BECOMES, MOMMY AND DADDY ARE MILES AWAY LITTLE REBECCA QUICKLY AGES SHE SMILES AS A RANDOM JOHN HALTS HIS MERCEDES HE SMILES AS SHE INHALES HIS COKE, THEN STRANGELS HER TO DEATH MOMMY AND DADDY ARE REMINDED THEY HAD A DAUGHTER LITTLE REBECCA IS DEAD SHE'S NOT SMILING ANYMORE NO ONE SMILES AT HER FUNERAL DADDY REGRETS, MOMMY KILLED HERSELF THE NIGHT BEFORE MEANWHILE...... LITTLE REBECCA AND THOSE WONDERING EYES LOOKS AT THE MAN IN THE BLACK COAT AND SMILES AGAIN HE GLANCES AT MOMMY AND DADDY IN THOUGHT, FAINTLY SMILES BACK WISHING MOMMY AND DADDY WOULD TURN AND SMILE AT HER

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Date: 1/20/2009 5:00:00 AM
Sad but excellent writing. I would write this in lower case letters. It would look so much better and be easier to read Ralph. Welcome to PoetrySoup. Keep writing and sharing your poetry with us. Love, Carol
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