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2008: Held In Custody

copyright 04-21-08
for single-parent urban Moms
Happy Mother's Day

When I was growing up
She was like
The large green dense bush
That now grows in my yard

You wouldn't want to
Brush up against it's
Stiff spiked green leaves
They protect not only the bush

They serve as an effective barrier
Only allowing those in
That are small enough to perch
Inside and flit around

Protected from stray cats
Roaming dogs
Large birds
Heavy storms

In our old neighbothood
The shootings assaults robberies
Drugs rapes riots - - - when we lived at home
Her presences above and all round us

Kept us safe - gave us a place
To grow and show we were ready
To fly away on our own
Into the even less friendly world

poem by Tom J. Mariani
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