By Nikki Grimes
The orphanage
put my picture
on a postcard.
My smile says
“Pick me! Pick me!”
But mostly, people say
I’m too old to adopt,
like I’m a run-down clock
(tick-tock, tick-tock)
and the big hand says
Julie is half-past loving.
I like it!!
ReplyDeleteBrutally honest and heartrending in so few lines.
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