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1994
The little blue boy
in the back of the bus
is the only one
who is not one of us
The little boy
with his eyes in a book
is the only one
with a different look
We all shout
and scream
and laugh with glee
he–the bus driver’s dream–has a knobby red knee
Bespectacled
with blue jeans and a blue beret
who, amongst us,
will fling it away?
2014
The little blue boy
is now a full grown man
we wash his car
as often as we can
It’s okay
that he calls each of us “flipper”
it’s okay because
he’s a generous tipper
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Footnote
THEN & NOW is the copyrighted property of LCSoL.
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