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3/12/2025 for Light or Shadows Poetry Contest sponsored by Suzette Richards
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
Copyright © David Crandall | Year Posted 2025
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