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Together Alone
January 18, 2019
I climbed the great oak’s branch,
The tallest one I could reach.
Its bark--
The housing unit for my many friends,
The colonizing ant.
Between the bundles of greens,
I watched below me.
A ball bouncing back and forth,
The girl befriended a wall.
The others in pods,
Running,
Laughing,
Passing balls between multiple beings.
Hidden in sight,
She stood alone.
Maybe one had to be alone to see.
So I swung down from my secluded tree.
“Will you kick this ball with me?”
Together, Two beings passed, like how its supposed to be.
I hope the wall wasn’t too lonely.
Or the tree.
© Stephanie H., Highland Village, TX
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