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To her I am an unruly child. Disturbing her every morning as she sweeps the parking lot her children vanished with the stretch of years... So now her sweeping gestures across the littered asphalt are for some extended family: fleet of foot out of touch but still... in need of a mother.

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Reviews of "Old Woman Outside The Family Dollar Store"

Reviewed by The Smoking Poet

Reviewed on June 24, 2004

Spare and precise, clean and on target.

Reviewed by Tami Ryan

Reviewed on June 14, 2004

I like the feel of this one. Thank you.

Reviewed by J. Allen Wilson

Reviewed on February 23, 2004

Excellent write...enjoyable read.
Allen

Reviewed by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado

Reviewed on February 23, 2004

good one!

Reviewed by Daniel McTaggart

Reviewed on February 23, 2004

Ah, perfecto! I love the feel of this work! Makes me feel like I'm there watching it happen! And even though I already have a mother, I wouldn't be opposed to being this woman's child. That's how this poem makes me feel. Wonderful, wonderful work!!!

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