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3/12/2025 for Light or Shadows Poetry Contest sponsored by Suzette Richards

shadows

i live on Lesterford Street 
it's not that i didn't consider other places 
too bad I'm eight years old and don't know cursive 
i wouldn't know how to sign a rental agreement 
i have sixteen pennies in my piggy bank 
too few for a down payment 
and too few for McDonalds 
so the only choice is Cafe Lesterford
where the rule is don't bite the hand that feeds you 
even if it the hand feeds you off a knife 
i will wait it out 

when i find myself thinking, 
i have to do it 
it is time to ask 
why would i want to 
lick dinner off knives again
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Fowler Avatar
April 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
You are always thinking outside the box Dave. I love it. Makes for great reading. Congratulations! :)
Crandall Avatar
April 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Hi elle! thanks for the visit, and glad you enjoyed it!
Andresen Avatar
March 12, 2025 at 10:19 AM
- No child should have to lick dinner off knives, David - hugs
Crandall Avatar
March 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Agreed! I admit, the prompt/quote for this contest is so graphic as to be unsettling.
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