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Blue Glass Marbles

July 29, 2013
By TamzieW. GOLD, Pitakotte, Other
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My grandmother has a blue glass bowl
filled with blue glass marbles.
They were coins
in the markets of Childhood.
My sister and I kept shop -
the smaller ones would eat their change……

We stayed,
‘til the day we sold out
Our shares in childish games.
And the shop passed down to younger cousins.

* * * * * *
Two small girls play shop
On the square
Of carpet at Granma’s place.
The others, are gone.
Far away,
to new lands, where things cost more
than a grimy fistful of blue marbles.

© Torey B., McLean, VA

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TamzieW. GOLD said...
on Aug. 8 2013 at 11:56 am
TamzieW. GOLD, Pitakotte, Other
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Thank you! :) Hope it brought back memories of your own.
Mckay ELITE said...
on Jul. 31 2013 at 1:49 pm
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
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&quot;The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.&quot;<br /> &mdash;Apple&rsquo;s &ldquo;Think Different&rdquo; commercial, 1997<br /> &ldquo;Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn&#039;t understood.&rdquo; <br /> ― Weihui Zhou

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Beautiful poem about how something so little means so much to a family. The thoughts and memories of these little blue glass marbles are lovely. This poem is worthy of the Editors' Choice. Congrats! 
east_of_ada said...
on Jul. 31 2013 at 11:12 am
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&quot;As for me, I am a watercolor. I wash off.&quot; (via Anne Sexton,&quot;For My Lover, Returning To His Wife&quot;)<br /> <br /> &quot;I think I made you up inside my head.&#039;&#039; (via Sylvia Plath, &quot;Mad Girl&#039;s Love Song&quot;)<br /> <br /> &quot;You called it cosmic; I thought it was icy.&quot; (via Ada Coen)

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Lovely, truly lovely. It makes my heart ache and sing at the same time.