Marble Marvel

Back when I was four or five,
unspeakable was my joy:
admiring rainbowed prisms
in my marble, my treasured toy.

Only in the grownups' world
was a crumpled dollar bill
more treasured than my marble
there glistening on the window sill.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Vinson Avatar
March 11, 2017 at 10:02 PM
Excellent, Romeo. Different perspectives...
Naces Avatar
April 13, 2017 at 7:53 AM
thanks doug..
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