He is resting
In a comfortable Library chair
With his boots and jacket on
His backpack is nearby
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As I drove 'cross town today
To get my Holiday shopping under way
With my car radio tuned in
Classic Rock - - let the dance begin
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Don't get your hopes up
There are hachets
Buried barely below the surface
We all know where they are
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What pulls me to horde
Old pencils new pens
Newspaper clippings
Books magazines and my notes
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It took only one
To restore
My faith in man
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I know I shouldn't of
But I smiled yesterday
When one of my friends
Told me a joke
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copyright 04-21-08
for single-parent urban Moms
Happy Mother's Day
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Sitting in a coffee shop
Early the other morning
Getting started for my day
I almost dropped my cup
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She wants a poem
Read to her by candlelight
While she sits at a small table
This would be sheer delight
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*Tom J. Mariani - -a found poem on a Starbucks' cup
credit to Katy Croff
People often ask
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