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Rated: 13+ · Poetry · Contest Entry · #2057406
A devise that creates hope, energy and confidence to anyone who touches it.
September 12 Prompt:

My Firpensmaggle


It has arrived
The box dented and ripped in one corner
A package that looked like
It had come through
Every port and place
From here
To Timbuku.
I lifted it up
Heaved it onto my workbench
And let out a sigh.
Ready, I cut the box flaps
And tipped to see
What was inside
Bits and pieces
My firpensmaggle
Had come unassembled
Even in this huge box
I had to put it back together
I pulled out the flangdoodle
It was the biggest piece
I figured everything
Everything would attach to it
I found the directions
And stared at the images
Dumbstruck.
I began to sweat
Okay, I can do this.
For Phoebe,
I could do this.
I took the thingamajig
And hooked it
Into the thingy
That made the doohickey
Turn and whirl.
I smiled at that little victory;
Small steps would get me there.
Next the whatchamacallit
I flipped it back and forth
Determining exactly where
The thingy would go
Finally I attached it
To the whosit
And moved the whatsit
So that it vibrated
Sending up a perfect
Pitched sound
That had me smiling.
My firpensmaggle
Was finally together.
Its colours were riotous.
Its sound beautiful
In their tones.
I smiled
Feeling like I had
Accomplished the world.
This firpensmaggle was
A confidence builder
Made to lift your spirits
And pull you back to a place;
A place of fun and hope.
I smiled and knew
I had done it.
There was no challenge
I could not beat
I knew this needed
A place of honour
In my office.
So that I could look at it
And touch it whenever
I needed a moment
To refuel my energy
And my confidence.
I could do it.
I had this.
We had this.
And we would never
Be the same again.



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Note: This poem is dedicated to our own Phoebe and with it goes hope, energy and the confidence that she can overcome her leukemia.
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