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He always came home
from school
with pockets full
of stuff he found
on the side of the road –
nails and screws,
shiny rocks
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and one day
a bent bottle cap
roughly shaped like a heart
which he painted red
for me.
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I find it still
in my jewelry box
place it in a bowl
next to the shiny rock
roughly shaped like a heart
which I spotted
just this morning
in the sun
on the side of the road.
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© 2017 Betty Hayes Albright
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(for my late son, Arlie)
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