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A poem a day each April, for Katya the Poet's Dew Drop Inn

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#1087088 added April 12, 2025 at 11:59am
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My Son is Safe
Because the traffic light turned green
before I made it to the intersection

and because I chanted sixty times a mantra
my late friend Gina taught me years ago
and at the end of it I lit a stick of sage

and because the magic 8 ball offered up
an answer: it is certain

and because St. Jude of hopeless causes
heard my prayer and promised a protection
(not so hopeless, right? - if he can help)

and because my mood ring turned the blue
of confidence, of triumph, of a gain

and because I found a penny in the rain
the day we dropped him off
and drove away.


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