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Rated: E · Poetry · Children's · #2045439
For The Writer's Cramp; something that is "lost", but reappears...
SHADY SHADOW
         My name is Little Lulu.
         I'm told I am cute for two.
         This morn I woke up early
         and found it stuck to me.
         I stomped, kicked it in the head;
         two of us fell out of bed.
         As I slammed my bedroom door
         it did sneak along the floor.
         I told it to go away.
         I ran outside fast to play.
         It followed me in a chase;
         'Cause of it I hurt my face.
         Down the slide I sat on you,
         but still you stayed stuck like glue.
         I buried you in lots of sand.
         You popped out when I did stand.
         I hid behind a big tree
         sure you couldn't see l'il me.
         When I peeked, it stood waiting;
         quiet, black, unhesitating.
         I dragged it in a puddle,
         rolled, squished it in a muddle.
         Stubborn, it clung to my shoe.
         What else could I at two, do?
         I ran crying to my Mom.
         It made fun sucking its thumb.
         I pointed out the dark blob
         in between my heaving sobs.
         Mom hugged me so very tight,
         promised me I'd be all right.
         Then she showed me something neat,
         a big blob stuck to her feet.
         "It's called a shadow," Mom said.
         "We all have one with a head,
         and arms and legs; see mine wave?
         A shadow helps you be brave."
          "It goes with you everywhere.
         You're never alone, here or there.
         Your shadow friend stays nearby.
It's part of you, don't be shy." ( 40 lines )
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