Best Custodial Poems

They come out 
on weekends
Dad, it's almost 
always Dad
with a daughter 
or son.
He stands just a 
little too close,
smiles just a 
little too long
uncomfortably 
comfortable
wondering
how it ever
got this way.

He cannot answer
all the questions
they both know
things sometimes
change but
he will always 
be there
helping as best 
he can....

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It's the coldest day of the year, weather-wise
Snow last night, temperatures near zero.
No sign of life from our biggest, best star,
the sun is hanging out, out-of-sight. 

Our breaths speak volumes with fancy designs
as we stand in line blowing hot air on our hands
The door opens and...

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Plastic black tires roll over brown and yellow
sand. A little boy pushes his toy dump truck

across the beach. He’s collecting seashells.
as he passes, I chance a look into the back

of his trunk, trying to catch a glimpse of 
the beautiful haul. In its back were...

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