Talkin’ Back to Mama by Carmen R. Gillespie

Broom in hand, she screamed:
“Gal, I’ll knock your head off
And roll it out the back door.”
Hand on hip, I stood defiant.
How far could a broomswept
head go anyway?

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11 months ago on June 11, 2011 at 03:19pm
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