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  May 2024     12 days ago

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African Necklace

Once my snobby rich aunt
Along with my snobby rich cousin
Snickered and jeered at my new
African inspired necklace while
We gathered for Thanksgiving
Despite my dad never seeing me
Otherwise
Mom sent me over to my dad's
dressed nicer
...

by Melissa Lynn

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Grave Digger

Go ahead, grave digger
Dig the hole
I understand
You've got a job
To do
Without it
Your kids won't...

by Melissa Lynn

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The Kid Who Went Viral

Everywhere I go they say,
"It's that kid who went viral"
and people want
to talk
to me.
Not that I wanted to become
famous
because my stepmom
Od'd in the car rider line
at my school
I started crying
when the teachers
called the...

by Melissa Lynn

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Tooth Fairy Money

He was always asking to borrow
my tooth fairy money.
He figured out I kept it
under my pillow
so I moved it
under my mattress
and later to a dirty sock
under my bed.
He was mad when
he couldn't find it
anymore
He never once
paid it...

by Melissa Lynn

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Stainless Steel Fridge

My mother was so proud
Of her stainless steel fridge.
Solidly moving us to the middle class,
she thought.
Often remarking how our old fridge
Looked dirty, scuffed and poor.
Each Friday she meticulously cleaned
Her new fridge.
Life seemed...

by Melissa Lynn

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