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Today Is Gary's Birthday
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Today Is Gary's Birthday
Today is Gary's Birthday.
My baby is now a man.
I can't help but think of him this morning.
I'm doing the best I can.
Once I heard a lady say
As she noticed the time and date in past tense...
"Ten years ago at this moment
I was in labor, and I've been laboring ever since."
At the time I thought it was funny.
But I'm thinking now with a different view.
Son, just because you think you're a man,
Doesn't mean Momma will stop caring for you.
Smilesz
I like the insertion of the 'past tense' element in the middle of the poem, Jess.
Quite like a short yet effective flashback to the persona' mines of memories.
A great achievement for u, undoubtedly. *~**~ APPLAUSE *~*~ for the gem u still behold as a baby.
Smilesz.
sounds so much like my own Mother... I have grown kids with kids of thier own... but my mother still looks at me as her Baby ( I am the youngest of her children ).
this is beautiful and beautifully written!
Peace and love ~~~~ Dougie ~~~