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more than a back slap
surely he would have been proud
smiled
watched him teeter
through those initial steps
ran along side his first bike
played catch with him out back
seen him through those rough teen years?
been there
for more than a back slap
more than a note
scrawled on the kitchen table
“don’t come downstairs, dad—
call an ambulance instead.”
About the author: Donna lives in British Columbia, Canada with her three sons. She has been seriously writing poetry for two years now, drawing much of her writing style for realism from life around her, her family, and her work as a child educator. Donna’s poems have appeared in print by One Dog Press, and Sex in Public out of CA., Poems Niederngrasse from Switzerland and Peshekee River, in MI. They have also been published online by a number of literary webzines, including Thunder Sandwich, Mind Fire Journal, the HOLD, Writer’s Choice, Disquieting Muses, Rogue Scholars - East Village, Horsethief’s Journal, Clean Sheets, Mind Caviar, and Comrades.
Copyright © 1999 by Donna Hill. All rights reserved.
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