A Dime a Dozen

Author:Grimes, Nikki
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: PENGUIN group
Published: 2010-02-28T16:00:00+00:00

“Okay,” she says, then props herself

up vertically in bed.

She nods for me to read my work.

I cough, then forge ahead.

The last verse of my poem leaves

her silent as a mouse.

I worry till she says, “We have

a genius in the house.”

PART II : The Secret

Daddy’s Promises

“We’ll go to the zoo,”

you said

“I’ll come by at two,”

you said

I sat by the door

to wait

The evening hour

grew late

I cried in bed

again

and wondered if

or when

you’d learn to keep

your promises

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