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The Good Life
THE WEALTH
I am from a place where I am incongruous to the rest.
a place where I am a rose among thorns.
Mom and dad say money does not grow on trees
but I watch the other kids dance in the forest of wealth.
I am from a place where a house is not a home.
A place where towering brick structures glisten in the sunlight.
I stand with my jaw on the floor wondering what it would be like
to live with the king and the queen.
THE FARM
I am from a place where roosters are alarms,
a place where the old barn stands stronger than I am.
Mom and Dad ask me where my friends are.
I tell them in their castles.
I am from a place where a tractor is the first toy,
a place where land is as precious as gold.
The girls at school flaunt their new shoes while
I smile down at my rainboots.
THE GOOD LIFE
I am from a place small, but full.
A place where a family is stronger than thunder’s winged force.
Cries of loneliness echo inside the castle,
tears dried with the stacks of green paper.
I am from a place where angels dance on the roof,
a place where danger never lingers.
The doors are always left unlocked
but I will never leave.
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