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One of the things Grandma had was poliomyelitis , that’s polio for short you know .
On the mantle piece where all these bottles of tablets lined up .
Just like soldiers in a row .
My grandmother was paralysed .
Even her smile never moved .
She was just perfect to me .
I went to see her everyday on my school lunch break .
I sat by her chair and watched TV.
Polio was a common thing , like turf briquettes .
I wished I could have burnt it in the fire .
Grandma had a wheelchair .
My Grandfather used two pokers and tapped out a beat on each tyre .
When my Grandma passed away .
It was the first time I had ever seen someone who had died .
She lay there alone at home .
I remember going in a big black car to her graveside .
There were many people who stood there .
I threw a flower into the grave and said goodbye .
Polio and rheumatism had left Grandmas body .
She had a set of wings to fly .
By Paul McCann
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Little River
by Dadfire
Let this coming of age story of a boy named Bean take you back to a simple time. Set in a small southern town in the 1960's, encircled by a river and gleaming white cotton fields.
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