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Poem Details
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| Title: | First Shift |
| Author: | James Ellner |
| Date Submitted: | 5/16/2010 |
| Poem: |
The delicious apple I took a bite Juice ran down my face Wiped it on my handkerchief You owned the orchard I helped harvest the crop I''m too old now and I''ve lost my only shade Just a floppy hat I''ve grown too old to climb the ladder It''s even hard to take a pee Remember when you were young with me Before my mind caved in How''d you stay so young? And in a hollow one night my hair turned white Was a ghost of me Just returning the moonlight Rocky Mountain night I''m back in my cell of juvenile delinquency ... |