Rising

Rising


Early to bed
and early to rise
morning glory


the cookie
still flat on the sheet
lazy kids


he tenses
on ready to sprint
the wild cat


at half mast
the flag begs raising
un-baked cake

the small child
learning his manners
thinking twice

  Charles Henderson
     11-8-17
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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July 20, 2018 at 10:25 PM
Excellent effort my friend
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