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Monday, April 23, 2012

Day 24--Freeform Poem

Want

Want--
A loaded word.
"I want you."
Worlds apart from
"I want."
The pettiness of
"I want a Ferrari,"
Stacked up against
"I want a meal this week."
So splintered, 
Small,
Those four little letters.
And yet you
Throw me a 
Lifesaving rope with,
"I want to help you."
Want

1 comment:

  1. Nice interview Jewel. You are my niece & my granddaughters favorite author!

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