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Little-girl Hands

May 21, 2012
By Watson, GOLD, Billings, Montana
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&quot;When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.&quot;<br /> <br /> -Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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Little-girl hands,
Sticky-sweet,
Hold safely
Their little-girl dreams,
Not letting go.
But now,
Big-girl hands
Are much too busy,
Much too big
To remember,
To care
About dreams they once held
In their little-girl hands

© Beth S., Marblehead, MA

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iCheeto PLATINUM said...
on Jun. 20 2012 at 11:08 am
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This is so short and so sweet and so touching.  Nice job I love it :')