Nine Dollars
Your grandma gave me nine dollars
After having breakfast on Broadway
And it wasn’t her but still,
She told me what was and I said my
Sincerest apologies true.
This was not meant for
Any of us or you.
I let her kiss my cheeks and gave
My warmest hugs
Because that’s what families do.
It’s just a world we don’t
Know us through
That bind telephone lines
And takes our missing shoes.
I love her even though we never knew.
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My warmest hugs and angry shrugs with the grand kisses.
