Wednesday, June 7, 2017

The boy who gave her glass # 108 Claine Keily

He told her
come Monday
he would give her
a crystal
he had found on his land
because you are kind
he said

He was the boy
in her class
who when they made
mothers day cards
told her
in a manner
dumbfounded
and free of bitterness
that he could think of
nothing to draw
on the card
as the only thing his mother loved
were cigarettes




6 comments:

  1. Oh Claine, social realism on the cutting edge - these are so poignant and wonderful.

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    1. Thanks. I even cried a bit when I wrote this. I am having the crystal I was given set in my grandmother's engagement ring as the piece of glass in that has fallen out. I should have written another verse about that!

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  2. I can picture this so clearly. Wonderful.

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  3. Fabulous poem Claine - I can see this so vividly too. Fantastic & oh so poignant :)

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    1. Thanks Kristen, I will never forget the boy I wrote this about.

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